D1.5 Analysis and specifications of re-use value chains

This report presents a preliminary analysis of the three re-use value chains (battery, metals and technopolymers) of CarE-Service Project to derive specific requirements for the processes to be furtherly implemented and demonstrated. It all starts with Electric and Hybrid Electric Vehicles (E&HEV) at their End of Life (EoL), that must be treated with proper technologies and ad hoc processes. The aim is the reduction of wasted materials in landfills or incinerators and the recovery of components with residual properties as re-used products or chemical compounds as secondary raw materials. In particular, the automotive target parts are: obatteries, representing the main innovation in E&HEVs; otechno-polymers, whose amount is increased to reduce the whole weight of E&HEVs; and ometals. To properly derive robust requirements addressing real needs for future sustainability, a great effort has been spent to involve all relevant actors in the development of innovative technical solutions for future services at all supply chain levels. Therefore, State of Art analysis and in-depth interviews have been carried out with key-players of the future de-manufacturing value chains. Once collected all the information, several potential scenarios have been analysed and detailed schemes of the three main value chains have been defined. Finally, an in-sight view of the current re-design practices and European laws and directives addressing the EoL of automotive products is drawn to identify the limits concretely bounding the market exploitation of CarE-Service results.