Join position: JRC recycled content calculation and verification rules on first data inventory meeting

Zero Waste Europe, alongside DUH, EEB, and ECOS, welcomes the Joint Research Center’s efforts to develop a robust methodology for calculating and verifying the share of recycled cobalt, lithium, nickel, and lead in the batteries Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2023/1542)
Increasing the use of recycled material in battery helps reducing the need for additional primary extraction. For recycled content targets to deliver meaningfully, the definition and implementation should be transparent and reliable.