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Two local media outlets recently interviewed Professor Deyang Qu and scientist Xiaoxiao Zhang, mechanical engineering, for stories about research in extracting material from retired rechargeable batteries to use in making lower-cost, high-demand fertilizer in the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Fertilizer is a very critical product especially for state like Wisconsin where it’s an agriculture state,” Qu said on the CBS segment. “So, if we can convert the [battery] waste into a value-added fertilizer, that is good for our economy.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Qu’s goal is to make enough of the fertilizer to enable the USDA to test it with tomato crops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Watch the report on CBS 58<\/a>. Watch the Spectrum News segment.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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