International review on Recycling Ecosystem of Electric Vehicle Batteries
By Sushovan Bej, Toni Zhimomi, Christian Hochfeld, Ernst-Benedikt Riehle, Prof. Zakir Rather, Mayank Rammohan Bradiya, and Soudipan Maity
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Agora Verkehrswende and Indian Institute of Technology Bombay in India (IITB) have jointly conducted an international review on the existing battery recycling ecosystem.
This study focuses on the recycling ecosystem of batteries. Batteries up until recently were primarily used in electronic appliances. However, with the advent of EVs, batteries for traction applications have become synonymous with battery recycling and needs careful and in-depth study. This study looked into the policies and regulations currently in place for recycling of batteries, who the stakeholders are in the recycling ecosystem, supply chain, and major players for battery recycling in the international space. The international review was conducted for the following countries: Germany and rest of EU, California (US), China, Japan and South Africa.
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