Honda has taken the next step towards eco-friendliness and efficiency with plans to extract rare earth metals out of discarded nickel-metal hydride batteries. They have been extracting rare earth metals from nickel-hydride batteries with the help of Japan Metals & Chemicals Co. since April. And now that the company has a decent supply of extracted materials gathered, they've announced the next step in the process: using recycled rare earth metals in the production/assembly line.
Honda plans to begin using recycled rare earth metals by the end of the year. But the real question on everyone's mind is, "what will they use them for?" First and foremost, Honda plans to use extracted materials to make new nickel-metal hydride batteries. But the company has also expressed interest in using the materials to make other Honda parts as well.
And in the end that's a move that will not only be better for the environment, but for your wallet as well. Recycling rare earth metals will have a big impact on production costs, and that's sure to equate to savings that Honda will pass along to its customers.
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