"MG Motor, Toyota, Ola Electric, others sign up for recycling battery waste to push circular economy for EVs", 14 September 2023

At least 59 electric vehicle (EV) makers that use lithium-ion batteries like MG Motor, Ola Electric, Ather Energy, Tata Motors, and Mahindra & Mahindra have registered for recycling battery waste on an online portal operationalised by India’s apex pollution control authority...

Producers registering on the portal are granted a five-year certificate as part of a mandated process to facilitate the proper management of battery waste. Other big manufacturers to register on the platform include producers of hybrid electric vehicles like Toyota Kirloskar and players such as Yamaha Motor, which is planning to launch EVs, alongside 16 recyclers, including lithium-ion recyclers like NCR-based BATX Energies and Prithvi Cleantech, and Mumbai-based LICO.

As per Battery Waste Management Rules (BWMR) 2022, producers of batteries containing lithium, nickel, cobalt, and lead must ensure environmentally sound management of waste batteries produced by them in the form of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) compliance.