Waste collection and recycling rates for batteries used in light vehicles such as e-bikes could be improved by the institution of a fifth recycling category, a report finds.
Initiated by the European Commission’s Joint Research Center, the study calls for an update of existing collection rules.
The 2006 Batteries Directive in effect currently identifies three battery categories. A fourth-relating to batteries in use in electric vehicles (EV’s)-is already part of a new Batteries Regulation proposed as of December 2020.
Additions suggested by the Research Center report relate to establishing definite collection targets for recycling within the suggested fifth category.
