Glossary term

used battery management plan

A Brazil CONAMA Resolution 401/2008 term for environmentally appropriate procedures covering used-battery discard, collection, storage, handling, recycling, reuse, treatment, or final disposal.

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What does used battery management plan mean?

CONAMA Resolution 401/2008 defines the used-battery management plan in Portuguese. The term is more operational than a broad circularity concept: it names the plan or procedure set that covers used-battery handling steps from discard and collection through recycling, reuse, treatment, or final disposal. The draft English translation is helpful, but the Portuguese legal text remains authoritative.

Source context

The source is CONAMA Resolution 401/2008, a Brazil battery-specific source. It should be read alongside Brazil National Solid Waste Policy reverse-logistics language, but the CONAMA term provides the battery-management-plan layer.

What this means for implementation

For implementation teams, this term belongs near procedure, document, and evidence records: what plan applied, which handling steps were covered, who performed them, and which source-specific Brazil rule anchored the workflow.

Official definitions by source

Brazil CONAMA Resolution 401/2008

CONAMA Resolution No. 401 of 4 November 2008

conjunto de procedimentos ambientalmente adequados para o descarte, segregação, coleta, transporte, recebimento, armazenamento, manuseio, reciclagem, reutilização, tratamento ou disposição final

Brazil source-specific definition; Portuguese text is authoritative and the English translation is a draft Minespider working translation.

Reference: Article 2, point VIII

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Practical application

Brazil-facing workflows should capture the plan identifier, used-battery stream, discard or collection point, handling procedure, transport or storage record, recycler or treatment link, reuse route, final-disposal evidence, and CONAMA source reference.

Minespider commentary

Used battery management plan is a Brazil used-battery plan control: the evidence consequence is that discard, collection, storage, handling, recycling, reuse, treatment, and final-disposal procedures can be governed by a named plan rather than a loose list of events.

Common confusions

  • A used battery management plan is not the same thing as a battery passport or a single tracking record.
  • The draft English translation is for readability; the Portuguese legal text remains authoritative.
  • Do not merge this CONAMA battery-specific plan term into broader Brazil reverse-logistics language without preserving the source difference.