Zero waste is the conservation of all resources by means of responsible production, consumption, reuse, and recovery of products, packaging, and materials without burning, and with no discharges to land, water, or air that threaten the environment or human health. [...] Address the root causes of the linear use of materials through the redesign of systems and products that enable the highest and best use of materials (ZWIA Zero Waste Hierarchy). [...] Support battery remanufacturing to reuse materials and components, and support production of replacement parts by non-original equipment manufacturers (GAIA Info Sheet on the Right to Repair of EV Batteries, and Info Sheet on Disassembly of EV Batteries). [...] Ensure fair and equitable access to information to enable battery repair, reuse, and refurbishment (GAIA Info Sheet on Battery Passports). [...] Establish effective and safe collection, transportation and logistics systems, minimizing environmental impact and requiring manufacturer take-back of any end-of-life battery (GAIA Info Sheet on Collection and Transportation Logistics of Electric Vehicle Battery Recycling).
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- GAIA 2024 1
- GAIA 2024 2
- REDUCE 2
- Reduce global energy consumption enabling equitable efficient and sufficient energy production and consumption for all Climate Action Network Position on Renewable Energy. 2
- Reduce the quantity of vehicles and batteries and reduce their respective sizes. 2
- Minimize batteries ecological footprint especially by reducing the quantity and toxicity of materials used. 2
- Reduce adverse impacts on human and environmental health. 2
- RETHINK REDESIGN 2
- Rethink the way cities and communities are designed and built for a sustainable resilient and healthy world. 2
- Build efficient safe accessible and decentralized energy and transport systems that minimize demand for resources. 2
- Address the root causes of the linear use of materials through the redesign of systems and products that enable the highest and best use of materials ZWIA Zero Waste Hierarchy . 2
- GAIA 2024 3
- REPURPOSE 3
- Ensure fair and equitable access to information to enable battery repair reuse refurbishment repurposing and recycling GAIA Info Sheet on Battery Passports . 3
- REPAIR REUSE 3
- REFURBISH 3
- Maximize battery usable lifespan by designing batteries to ensure ease of maintenance disassembly and repair. 3
- Ensure fair and equitable access to information to enable battery repair reuse and refurbishment GAIA Info Sheet on Battery Passports . 3
- GAIA 2024 4
- RECYCLE 4
- MATERIALS RECOVERY 4
- RESIDUAL DISPOSAL 4
- BAN INCINERATION 4
