Overview of Battery Recycling Ecosystem: Stakeholder identification and perspective on Environment, Health & Safety aspects
By Shri Sudhendu J. Sinha (Adviser), Joseph Teja, and Gautam Sharma (NITI Aayog), Anish Mandal, Chandan Dikshit, Himadri Singha, Akshay Parihar Adarsh Tripathy, Purab Mohapatra, Pallav Jain, and Subhra Mishra (Deloitte India), and Bhagyasree and Toni Zhimomi (GIZ)
To counter the increasing challenges from severe air pollution and climate change, a large-scale shift from internal combustion engine vehicles to electric vehicles (EVs) is considered one of the effective solutions to decarbonize the transport sector. However, as EVs and associated battery production ramps up, the end-of-life management of used batteries becomes a matter of utmost importance. The report focuses on providing an overview of battery recycling ecosystem from the perspective of stakeholder identification, risk identification, and its mitigation measures. The report provides insights on the following aspects of battery recycling ecosystem:
The model template document for battery recycling ecosystem provides an overview of multiple stakeholders involved in the recycling ecosystem and the steps involved in establishing a recycling facility catering to traction batteries reaching their end-of-life.
The Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) risk screening framework captures the possible risks in the end-of-life treatment of lithium-ion batteries from applications ranging from mobility and stationary storage. The report also provides step-by step mitigation measures for the identified risks.
The standard operating procedures involved in setting up a battery (EV battery in specific) recycling plant are listed in the report. The findings serve as a guiding principle for those new entities looking forward to entering the battery recycling industry.
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