Legal Planet
FEBRUARY 18, 2025
Our new report outlines a framework for building a more responsible battery supply chain, drawing insights from the European Unions Sustainable Batteries Regulation (2023). Refining processes , particularly in countries with lax environmental regulations, emit greenhouse gases and toxic waste.
Union of Concerned Scientists
JULY 27, 2022
Luckily, lithium-ion battery recycling research and development has been going on for years and there is an existing and growing repurposing and recycling system in North America for these components. Current lithium-ion battery collection, repurposing, and recycling network in North America. Slattery et al.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
SEPTEMBER 21, 2022
As electric vehicle (EV) policies are implemented around the country, and sales continue to rise, a question many ask is if vehicle batteries are recycled. Yes, EV battery recycling is happening in facilities around the United States. Did the group propose recycling requirements? California is taking steps to change that.
Union of Concerned Scientists
OCTOBER 19, 2022
Only 10% of solar photovoltaic, or PV, panels are recycled today in the US, and the rest meet their inglorious end in the garbage heap. Among those that are recycled, very few have 100% of their material recovered. Use regulation to increase solar panel reuse. Here are two: 1. But there is a way through this problem.
Union of Concerned Scientists
DECEMBER 22, 2022
Increasing the reuse and recycling of batteries at their end of life is essential to increasing the sustainability of batteries and creating a circular economy. Recycling must ramp up. There are huge opportunities for recycling to decrease the need for newly mined materials in batteries. Source: Courtesy of Li-Cycle.
Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 8, 2025
When an EV retires, the battery can be recycled and the materials recovered to make new batteries. The California bill includes the following important aspects of a recycling policy: Creates a framework where manufacturers are responsible for the end-of-life management of batteries they produce.
Union of Concerned Scientists
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
Essentially, the materials recovered through battery recycling can replace future material supply that would otherwise need to be extracted from the earth to meet demand. Estimates show that in 2050, the United States can meet about half of EV demand for cobalt and nickel and a quarter of lithium with minerals recovered through recycling.
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