What does recycling mean?
Recycling matters for battery-passport architecture because end-of-life records must distinguish material recovery from earlier handling steps such as collection, storage, dismantling, or preparation for recycling.
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Standards and implementation context
These entries are non-verbatim context summaries. They are not presented as public legal definitions.
DIN DKE SPEC 99100
DIN DKE SPEC 99100:2025-02 — Requirements for data attributes of the battery passport
DIN DKE SPEC 99100 uses recycling as battery-passport implementation context for end-of-life material-recovery pathways that should be distinguished from re-use, repurposing, and preparation steps.
Implementation-context summary only; not a verbatim DIN definition. This is a copyrighted standard, so Minespider should use it as standards context rather than republishing the standard text.
Reference: Section 3 lifecycle terminology
Practical application
In implementation, recycling should be linked to evidence about the waste battery, treatment operator, facility, process boundary, recovered fractions, and relevant performance metrics rather than treated as a generic end-of-life label.
Minespider commentary
Minespider should use recycling as a downstream material-recovery term. It is important, but it should not absorb all circularity language: re-use, repurposing, preparation for recycling, and waste management each describe different events or responsibilities.
Common confusions
- Do not confuse recycling with re-use; recycling is about material recovery, while re-use keeps a battery, component, or product in use.
- Do not treat preparation for recycling as the same thing as recycling itself.
- Do not describe dismantling, collection, or storage as recycling unless the material-recovery process has actually occurred.