Battery Passport · Material Recovery Evidence

From battery to refined material. Evidence at every step.

Tonnage in, tonnage out, recovery rate by chemistry, downstream material route — captured at the recycler and refinery against the original passport record.

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Section 1 — What this is

What material recovery evidence actually means.

The difference between a recycler's marketing claim and an OEM-grade recovery record. What gets captured, by whom, at what point in the treatment process.

Placeholder Section will explain: the concept of material recovery evidence — quantified, dated, verifiable proof of what material came out of a treatment process; the difference between tonnage in (what arrived at the recycler) and tonnage out (refined cobalt, lithium, nickel, manganese, copper, aluminium); chemistry-specific recovery rates and why they matter for EU 2023/1542 reporting; the role of black mass and refined-material attribution; how mass balance is closed across a treatment chain.
Section 2 — Why it matters for OEMs

Why OEMs need recovery evidence they can defend.

The commercial and regulatory pressure on OEM sustainability claims — and why "we recycled 95%" stops being acceptable if no-one can show the working.

Placeholder Section will explain: EU 2023/1542 minimum recovery rate requirements by chemistry and the phased increases through to 2031; the recycled-content requirement for new battery production and the evidence required to claim it; the audit and inspection exposure when recovery claims rely on aggregated supplier reports rather than per-batch evidence; ESG and CSRD reporting pressure for verifiable circularity metrics; the procurement pressure from automotive and electronics OEMs who now want recovery rates evidenced at the recycler level.
Section 3 — How AnyWaste does it

How recovery evidence is actually captured.

The platform plumbing — weighbridge integration, treatment output reports, chemistry-specific yields and refiner-level attribution.

Placeholder Section will explain: weighbridge integration at recycler sites — captured at point of arrival, point of treatment input, and point of refined-material output; treatment output reporting — how recyclers log mass-balance data into the platform against the originating passport record; chemistry-specific recovery rate capture (cobalt, lithium, nickel, manganese, copper, aluminium yields by tonnage); black mass attribution — how a black mass batch is tied back to the input batteries that produced it; refiner-level attribution — which Tier 1 refiner processed which black mass and what refined material came out; how reconciliation works when material is consolidated across multiple inputs.
Section 4 — What the OEM sees

The recovery evidence view in the OEM dashboard.

How an OEM sustainability lead, a procurement team or an auditor sees and exports recovery data.

Placeholder Section will explain: the recovery dashboard — recovery rates by chemistry, by recycler, by month, by batch; the per-passport drill-down view — for a single battery population, what material was recovered, by whom, against which onward refiner; the recycled-content evidence pack — what an OEM can export to support a sustainability disclosure or a recycled-content claim; the regulator-aligned report formats available; the API access for feeding recovery data into OEM sustainability reporting platforms.
Section 5 — Integration touchpoints

How recovery evidence connects to the rest of the platform.

Recovery doesn't live in isolation — it ties back to the passport record, the verified recycler chain, and the OEM's broader sustainability reporting view.

Placeholder Section will explain: how recovery records are bound to the originating passport identifier so a single battery's lifecycle yields can be reconstructed; how the verified-recycler record is the operator responsible for each recovery data point; how the audit-grade chain of custody captures the movements between recycler and refiner so recovery is traceable through the whole chain; the API contracts for pushing recovery data outbound to OEM sustainability reporting, ESG and CSRD platforms; integration with the AnyWaste Connected Supply Chain for material movements upstream of the recycler.
Section 6 — FAQ

Frequently asked questions.

How are recovery rates calculated when material is mixed across multiple input batches?

[PLACEHOLDER — Answer will explain the platform's mass-balance reconciliation model when multiple OEM input streams are consolidated into a single treatment batch, including chemistry-aware attribution and the methodology used for recycled-content allocation.]

Is the recovery rate methodology designed around EU 2023/1542 calculation rules?

[PLACEHOLDER — Answer will use the safer compliance language: "designed around" the published recovery rate methodology in EU 2023/1542, with caveats around final implementing acts and the OEM's responsibility to verify methodology suitability for their specific reporting context.]

Can recovery data be exported directly into our sustainability reporting platform?

[PLACEHOLDER — Answer will explain the available export formats (CSV, JSON, signed PDF evidence pack) and the API endpoints available for pulling recovery data into OEM-side sustainability and ESG platforms; references the Custom Integration & Build service for bespoke integration work.]

How is black mass attributed back to a specific OEM's batteries?

[PLACEHOLDER — Answer will explain the black mass attribution model — batch-level traceability, chemistry-aware allocation, the role of the recycler in declaring black mass output against an input batch, and the audit trail captured.]

What evidence is captured to support a recycled-content claim on a new battery?

[PLACEHOLDER — Answer will explain the recycled-content evidence pack — refiner certificate of recovery, recycler treatment output report, mass-balance reconciliation, downstream destination of refined material, and how this is bound to the new-battery passport on the way back into manufacturing.]

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Guidance disclaimer. AnyWaste provides practical guidance and digital tools to support waste compliance and battery lifecycle reporting. Information on this page is for general guidance only and should not be treated as legal, regulatory or professional advice. References to the EU Batteries Regulation (2023/1542), DWTS, DIWASS and related frameworks describe the workflow the AnyWaste platform is designed around and aligned with — they do not constitute regulatory endorsement or a guarantee of compliance. Users remain responsible for verifying their obligations with the relevant authority and a qualified professional.