Glossary
Glossary term

comprehensive utilization of waste power batteries

A regulatory term referring to 对废旧动力电池进行拆解、破碎、分选、冶炼等处理，进行资源化利用的活动。.

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What does comprehensive utilization of waste power batteries mean?

Comprehensive utilization of waste power batteries is the China NEV Battery Recycling Measures umbrella term for resource-oriented processing of waste power batteries, including dismantling, crushing, sorting, smelting, and related recovery activities.

Official definitions by source

China NEV Battery Recycling Measures

新能源汽车废旧动力电池回收和综合利用管理暂行办法

对废旧动力电池进行拆解、破碎、分选、冶炼等处理，进行资源化利用的活动。

Reference: Article 45, point 3

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Non-EU context note

This term comes from China's regulatory framework for new energy vehicle battery recycling. It is included because battery supply chains are global, and companies sourcing batteries or battery materials from China, or selling into the Chinese EV market, need to understand China's parallel recycling and extended producer responsibility requirements alongside EU obligations.

Practical application

This term matters when companies need to distinguish China-side battery resource-utilization workflows from narrower labels such as recycling, remanufacturing, or preparation for recycling in EU-facing datasets.

Minespider commentary

For Minespider, comprehensive utilization of waste power batteries is a China-specific circularity-process term that should preserve the official processing scope while mapping carefully to adjacent EU battery and waste-management concepts.

Common confusions

  • Treating comprehensive utilization as a direct synonym for recycling even though the official definition covers multiple processing steps, including dismantling, crushing, sorting, and smelting.
  • Mapping the China NEV term one-to-one onto EU preparation-for-recycling or remanufacturing concepts without preserving the broader resource-utilization scope.
  • Forgetting that the term is currently an internal supporting concept in this glossary, used to connect China-side battery circularity language to adjacent public battery and waste-management terms.