TBS Foundation Executive Director Anugraha Dezmercoledi is pushing for the "second life usage" of electric vehicle batteries in Indonesia to strengthen the circular economy. He argues that batteries with less than 70% health, while unfit for cars, are ideal for stationary energy storage in solar power and rural electricity. Given that domestic recycling currently lacks the scale to be cost-effective, he urged for regulatory clarity—specifically regarding hazardous waste (B3) classifications—and a robust tracking system to create an efficient, closed-loop battery ecosystem that lowers costs and emissions.

On February 9, the Science and Technology Engineering enterprise obtained a hazardous waste operation license issued by the Department of Ecology and Environment of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. The hazardous waste operation capacity increased from the original 50,000 mt/year to 90,000 mt/year, laying a solid foundation for the enterprise to develop a circular economy and deepen the resource utilization of hazardous waste.

With the Chinese New Year holiday falling in mid-February and weak end-use consumption, lead-acid battery producers scaled back pre-holiday stockpiling compared with previous years. The sluggish sales of lead ingots intensified finished product inventory pressure on secondary lead smelters. According to SMM, enterprises suspending production during the holiday started their breaks one week earlier YoY. Coupled with three fewer calendar days in February compared with January, secondary lead ……

[Waste Battery Market Information] Recently, the Guangzhou Municipal Bureau of Ecology and Environment issued a notice on the issuance of the Guangzhou Municipal Management Measures for the Recycling and Disposal of Waste Batteries from E-bikes. Specifically mentioned: Collection units and utilization/disposal units for waste lead-acid batteries from e-bikes shall, in accordance with the law, complete the environmental impact assessment approval procedures, apply for a hazardous waste operation license, and adopt mature and reliable technologies, processes, and equipment; units holding only a collection operation license are not permitted to dismantle or conduct secondary processing on the collected waste lead-acid batteries from e-bikes. The storage period for waste lead-acid batteries from e-bikes shall not exceed one year; if an extension is necessary, it must be reported to and approved by the ecology and environment department that issued the license. These measures will take effect on December 25, 2025, and will be valid for five years.

On June 10, 2025, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) of the People's Republic of China officially announced the "Announcement on Matters Related to Regulating the Import Management of Recycled Black Mass Raw Materials for Lithium-ion Batteries and Recycled Steel Raw Materials".

[Flash News] Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Sichuan Branch, has launched an open tender for the unified concentrated procurement project for the recycling and disposal of scrap lead-acid batteries. Among the requirements, bidders must possess a "Hazardous Waste Business License" issued by the environmental protection department, with approved business operations including collection, storage, and utilization. The approved business category must include HW31900-052-31 (waste lead-acid battery). The deadline for tender submission is July 3.