China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) on Tuesday issued new regulations on the comprehensive utilization of waste power batteries for new energy vehicles (NEVs), in order to improve the comprehensive utilization efficiency of these batteries and guide the orderly investment and development of relevant enterprises.
The new regulations mainly focus on four aspects.
First, the MIIT has optimized the technical indicator system. The technical indicator of lithium recovery rate in the smelting process shall be raised from no less than 85 percent to no less than 90 percent. The recovery rate of electrode powder after being crushed and separated shall be no less than 98 percent, and the content of impurity aluminum shall be less than 1.5 percent.
Second, the ministry has updated and improved multiple standards and norms by adding new provisions on dismantlement and coding standards for waste power batteries of NEVs.
Third, the ministry has put forward new requirements for lithium-ion batteries for electric bicycles. It is clarified that batteries of cascade utilization shall not be used in electric bicycles, and recycling companies shall take into account the treatment of waste lithium-ion batteries of electric bicycles.
Fourth, the ministry will also strengthen regulations on product quality management and enterprise site selection.
The MIIT noted that enterprises should set up a mechanism to enable the product traceability and responsibility investigation, and add mandatory standards for recycled products, so as to further improve the quality of comprehensive product utilization.
It also made clear that the newly built product comprehensive utilization enterprises should enter industrial parks as required, in a bid to drive the rational layout of enterprises and promote the agglomeration development of industries.
China issues new regulations on recycle of depleted NEV batteries
