Lifecycle & second life
Consider how information stays useful through service, repair, repurposing, and recycling.
Plan for information beyond first sale
Service, repair, repurposing, and recycling can create new information needs. Consider record continuity and access without assuming that every participant should be able to edit every field.
Useful starting points
- Map relevant lifecycle events.
- Identify who can record and approve changes.
- Plan how useful information survives a system change.
Guides in this topic
What happens when a battery leaves the EU
A battery that leaves the EU as a used product, as waste, or inside a vehicle follows different shipment, waste, and passport rules, and the record must state which route applies.
Collection targets explained
Collection targets are rates set for producers and Member States, calculated on batteries placed on the market, with different rates and dates for portable and LMT batteries.
End of life and collection duties
End of life duties cover collection, take back, and handover of waste batteries, with the producer, the collection system, and the treatment facility each named in the record.
Extended producer responsibility
Extended producer responsibility makes the producer finance and organise collection, treatment, and information for waste batteries, through national registers and producer responsibility organisations.
Lifecycle stages in the record
Lifecycle stages in the record run from raw material and manufacture through use to collection and recycling, with each stage dated, owned, and linked by the battery identifier.
Recycling efficiency and material recovery
Recycling efficiency measures the share of a waste battery that is recycled, while material recovery measures the share of a specified material that is recovered, and each target has its own method and date.
Recycling evidence in the passport
Recycling evidence in the passport is the dated link from the individual battery to collection, treatment, and material recovery, with the facility and the stage stated, not a facility average.
Remanufacturing vs repair
Repair restores a battery to its original specification, while remanufacturing rebuilds it to a like new condition, and the record must name the operation and the tests that followed.
Second life and repurposing
Second life covers reuse and repurposing of a battery in a new application, with a new assessment, a new safety check, and a record that links the new life to the first life.
Second life safety checks
Second life safety checks are the inspections and tests applied before a battery enters a new application, with damage, thermal, electrical, and documentation checks recorded and dated.
State of health across a second life
State of health across a second life is the dated measurement of remaining capacity and performance at each transfer, so the new application can be judged on measured condition, not on age alone.
Waste battery classification
Waste battery classification decides whether a discarded battery is hazardous waste, which list entry applies, and which handling, transport, and treatment rules follow.