It is a three-way call between Dublin where I am; Brisbane, Australia where Australian Clint Zahmel is currently based; and Dubliner Steven Ferguson who is in Ohio, in the Midwest of the United States. The two men are part of a small team that has just launched an exciting new business called Licovolt, which has patented a unique new way of recycling lithium-cobalt batteries. The start-up, which is just a few weeks old, is based on three years of original research by Tony Keene, an associate professor of inorganic chemistry at UCD, who is also chief scientific officer at Licovolt.…