Entry Date:
June 3, 2009

Assessing the Economic and Environmental Impact of Battery Collection Schemes

Principal Investigator Richard Roth

Co-investigators Elsa Olivetti , Jeremy Gregory , Frank Field , Randolph Kirchain , Joel Clark


This work with the National Electrical Manufacturers Association and the California Integrated Waste Management Board uses network models and life cycle assessment to evaluate the economic and environmental impacts of battery recycling to determine the conditions under which recycling should occur.