A5090681195- Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
- Extraction and Separation Processes
- Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure
- Municipal Solid Waste Management
- Environmental law and policy
- Advanced Battery Technologies Research
University of Birmingham
2019-2021
The Faraday Institution
2020-2021
Purpose With the UK’s accelerating plans to transition electric mobility, this paper aims highlight need for policies prepare appropriate management of vehicle (EV) lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) as they reach end their life. Design/methodology/approach This is a regulatory review based on projections EV LIBs coming off market and associated problems waste together with development servitisation model. Findings Circular economy in unlikely shape itself because LIB recycling challenging still...
The UK Government has announced its plans to bring forward the deadline for phasing out all petrol and diesel vehicles from 2040 2030, 10 years earlier than planned. This is a radical acceleration in transition electric mobility. need draw up coherent robust regulatory structures managing end-of-life consequences of this now more urgent ever. article explores potential role extended producer responsibility (EPR) facilitating safe sustainable management vehicle (EV) batteries at their end...
High landfill rates compared with flatlining of recycling have ensured that waste disposal is once again on the legislative agenda in England. In 2018, Department for Food, Environment and Rural Affairs published ‘Our Waste, Our Resources: A Strategy England’ which first major policy publication since 2013. Encouraged by release this Strategy, article examines potential use extended producer responsibility ‘polluter pays’ principle to fuel transition a circular economy.