This report was produced as part of the EU-funded RECIRCULATE project which aims to extend battery lifespans and transform battery reuse across Europe. It delves into the complex landscape of policies and standards influencing battery supply chains, as well as the multifaceted challenges and enablers for battery supply chain circularity in the EU.
Based on an inventory of relevant policies and standards and interviews with stakeholders spanning the supply chain, it provides recommendations for improved circularity.
Lifetwin is a software-as-a-service platform which helps businesses meet DPP requirements. Its DPPs also enable after-sales service, as consumers can access digital warranties, submit maintenance and repair requests, order original spare parts, or review user manuals.
PassportCraft helps brands create, host and manage digital product passports for products sold in Europe. They have developed a useful reference timeline bringing together the key Digital Product Passport (DPP) and related EU sustainability deadlines from 2026 to 2030.
Through keynote presentations, technical sessions and networking opportunities, this conference will promote interdisciplinary dialogue and encourage innovative approaches that contribute to a cleaner, greener and more sustainable future.
Europe has built ambitious rules for circular batteries, but regulation alone does not create functioning markets. As growing volumes of EV batteries leave vehicles with useful life remaining, fragmented diagnostics, valuation, regulation, logistics and cross-border processes risk leaving valuable capacity stranded or prematurely recycled.
Rebattex estimates that up to 180 GWh could become accessible by 2035. This paper argues that Europe must develop the “missing middle”: trusted market infrastructure connecting manufacturing and recycling through repair, reuse, remanufacturing and repurposing, supported by common standards, traceability, regulatory clarity and digital transaction infrastructure.
AKT-Origins is a Rotterdam-based company developing a Digital Product Passport platform.
ORIGINS is geared to the needs of SMEs and enables companies to provide the information required on what the product is made of, where it came from, how to keep it in use, and what should happen to it at end of life without publishing sensitive information.
Elemental Group recovers platinum group metals from spent automotive ceramic catalysts, non-ferrous metals from scrap metal, and copper and precious metals from electronic waste.
REBATTEX is a platform which creates the right conditions for stakeholders to buy and sell used electric vehicle batteries.
Each battery is listed with all the information that a potential buyer needs to make an informed choice. As a result, all of a battery's useful life can be exploited before it is recycled.
