Battery-recycling results
In 2023, over 100 importers participated in the collection and recycling scheme of the ARN Management Plan.
Over the course of 2023, a total of 263.373kg (112,617kg in 2022) of lithium-ion EV-batteries and lithium-ion starter batteries were collected. Of these, 70.071kg (25,902kg in 2022) were given a second life by a conversion company in which they could be reused, usually for energy storage. Recycling companies processed 193.302kg (86,715kg in 2022).
The recovery of the batteries was 63.6 per cent. This is well above the 50 per cent, by weight, mandatory recycling requirement for lithium-ion batteries.
For other starter batteries, such as lead batteries, a mandatory recycling requirement of 65 per cent, by weight, applies. This requirement too was exceeded in 2023.
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