Exploring recycling options in battery supply chains : a life cycle sustainability assessment

Publikationstyp
Journal Article
Date Issued
2022-04
Sprache
English
Author(s)
Popien, Jan Linus  
Thies, Christian  orcid-logo
Spengler, Thomas Stefan  
TORE-DOI
10.15480/882.5133
TORE-URI
http://hdl.handle.net/11420/14138
Journal
Procedia CIRP  
Volume
105
Start Page
434
End Page
439
Citation
Procedia CIRP 105: 434-439 (2022)
Contribution to Conference
29th CIRP Conference on Life Cycle Engineering, LCE 2022  
Publisher DOI
10.1016/j.procir.2022.02.072
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85127468969
Publisher
Elsevier
The increasing demand for battery raw materials is driving countries around the world to establish recycling networks to obtain secondary materials for their battery production. However, the establishment of recycling networks is still at an early stage of development and analysis is needed to support decision-makers in the deployment of recycling networks. Therefore, this paper assesses the environmental, economic, and social impacts of three different recycling networks that vary in size and number of recycling sites in Germany. It also evaluates the effect of different battery sizes and chemistries on favorable recycling networks and compares the impacts related to primary and secondary materials. The results indicate that large and centralized recycling facilities are advantageous. They also show that secondary materials offer a great opportunity to reduce environmental, economic, and social impacts.
Subjects
Batteries
Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment
Primary Materials
Recycling networks
Secondary Materials
Supply Chains
DDC Class
500: Naturwissenschaften
Publication version
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Lizenz
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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