Info Sheet: Electric Vehicle Batteries and Waste Colonialism

The Electric Vehicle Batteries and Waste Colonialism Info Sheet emphasizes that transnational movements of spent electric vehicle (EV) batteries from high-income countries to countries in the Global South raise concerns on waste colonialism, when the destination countries are ill-equipped to safely handle this toxic waste. Major loops exist in international and regional frameworks such as Basel Convention and the EU Battery Regulation (page 2-3), which calls for the need to regulate exports of used EVs and EV batteries on safety, repairability, reusability, recyclability, and access to information on battery condition and movements (page 6).

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