Forum: Make battery traceability part of EV strategy
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Singapore could build on the existing e-waste framework to strengthen EV battery traceability from first use to end of life. This means setting recovery and environmental standards for recycling and supporting research, testing and commercial partnerships for resource-recovery technologies.
Existing technologies show that end-of-life batteries can be treated as sources of recoverable materials rather than simply waste. Through safe collection, discharge, dismantling, separation and material recovery, valuable components can be returned to manufacturing. Newer processes are also seeking to reduce water, chemical use and waste.
Given Singapore’s role as a regional hub for transport, logistics and business, partnerships with neighboring countries could also connect battery collection and recycling across South-east Asia.
Sun Zhujinming