Battery knowledge · Supply chain and regulation

Recycled content minimum

The EU Battery Regulation’s requirement that industrial and EV batteries declare the share of recycled cobalt, lithium, nickel and lead in their active materials, and from 2031 meet minimums of 16 % cobalt, 6 % lithium, 6 % nickel and 85 % lead, rising again in 2036. [1]

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%

Example

Supply chain and regulation: an example situation

Carbon footprints can be compared only with compatible boundaries and functional units.

Read Recycled content minimum alongside Battery passport in this context. A digital record for each electric-vehicle and industrial battery, required in the EU from 2027, holding its composition, carbon footprint, due-diligence data, state of health and repair history, accessible by QR code.

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References & further reading

Technical references

  1. Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 concerning batteries and waste batteries

    European Union / EUR-Lex · 2023

    Technical reference · Battery sustainability, information, waste management and battery passport provisions. Consult the current consolidated text and applicable implementing acts.