The project will support the EU’s Batteries Directive 2006/66/EC which aims at improving the protection, preservation, and quality of the environment by, for example, imposing maximum quantities for certain types of metals and chemicals contained in batteries. The project, by promoting the use of SCs combined with batteries, allows, for the same power supplied, to reduce the part borne by the battery and also significantly reduces the amount of energy borne by the battery. This indirectly leads to a reduction in the metal-pollutants embedded in the battery, reducing the related risk associated with disposal.
In addition, the consortium will promote the results of the project within the standardisation community and will provide input into the standardisation process (such as IEC TC40 and IEC TC113). The participants who are in contact or are members of corresponding technical committees will inform them about the results of this project and will endeavour to ensure they are incorporated in any updates to the standards or guidelines.
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