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�Policy review on Battery Recycling process in India to prevent the manual handling of battery waste��Current Status of Li-ion battery recycling, domestic battery waste management and relevant government guidelines��Group Members�Vikash Chaturvedi (10CC18A26052, CSIR-NCL)�Thripuranthaka M. (10CC18J26008, CSIR-NCL)�Apurva Lohgaonkar (10CC18A26052, CSIR-NCL)��

CSIR-NCL

CSIR-800 Societal Program

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Manual Handling

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  • Poor recycling status of battery technologies (Only 10% e waste recycling in 2019 CPCB)
  • Precious metallic and highly hazardous waste handled by scrap dealers
  • Women/Child labour are directly exposed to toxic chemical during manual handling
  • Domestic battery waste collection is challenging task (Frequency, Scarcity, Transportation)
  • Lack of awareness regarding battery usage and disposal ethics among common people

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Unmet Need

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  • To review and understand the cheaper Li recycling processes (Working with industry partner on some key processes)
  • Survey on Domestic battery usage and disposal behaviour
  • Battery waste collection drive in CSIR NCL campus to evaluate Cost and composition of domestic battery waste
  • A comprehensive Report to MoEFCC and recommendation to incentivise separate battery waste collection

Plan of Action

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  • Investigate the feasibility of domestic low cast LiB recycling technologies which can minimise the human labour in the recycling process (Review)
  • Understand the awareness and battery usage behaviour in urban population (Survey, Talk to other stakeholders)
  • Cost and compositional analysis of domestic battery (different battery chemistries) waste (Waste collection drive)
  • Policy advice to MoEFCC for the implementation of a centralise and efficient battery waste recycling plan for sustainable energy
  • Educate and aware the wide audience regarding the battery usage ethics in the form of graphical messages/poster using social media networks

Expected Outcomes

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