GB/T 46515-2025Evaluation specifications for recycling technology in waste battery chemicals (English PDF)
废弃电池化学品回收利用技术评价规范
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Issued by
SAMR; SAC
Level / Type
National · Recommended
Issue date
October 5, 2025
Implementation date
May 1, 2026
Scope
GB/T 46515-2025 is the English-translated version of 废弃电池化学品回收利用技术评价规范.
GB/T 46515-2025 is the Chinese national standard covering judging a battery recycling process — the recovery rate for lithium, nickel, cobalt and manganese, the purity of what comes out and whether it is good enough to go back into a cell, the energy and reagents consumed, and the emissions and residues left. First edition, in force from 1 May 2026. Issued on 5 October 2025, it has been in force since 1 May 2026.
Document preview — GB/T 46515-2025
National Standard of the People's Republic of China
- ICS
- 13.030.50
- Classification
- Z 05
Issued by: State Administration for Market Regulation; Standardization Administration of the PRC
Contents
- Foreword
- 1 Scope
- 2 Normative references
- 3 Terms and Definitions
- 4 Compliance Principles
- 5 Evaluation Principles
Foreword
This document complies with the provisions of GB/T 1.1-2020 "Standardization Work Guidelines Part 1: Structure and Drafting Rules of Standardization Documents". Drafting.
Please note that some content in this document may involve patents. The issuing organization of this document assumes no responsibility for identifying patents.
This document was proposed by the China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation.
This document is under the jurisdiction of the National Technical Committee on Standardization of Waste Chemicals Disposal (SAC/TC294).
This document was drafted by: Guangdong Bangpu Recycling Technology Co., Ltd., GEM Co., Ltd., Jinchuan Group Nickel Salt Co., Ltd., and CNOOC.
Tianjin Chemical Research and Design Institute Co., Ltd., Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd., Hunan Jinkai Recycling Technology Co., Ltd., Tianjin Muhua Tsinghua Research & Development Co., Ltd., Guangzhou Ruishang Chemical New Materials Co., Ltd., Hubei Jinquan New Materials Co., Ltd., Yichang Bangpu Recycling Technology Co., Ltd.
The company, Shenzhen Jiecheng Nickel-Cobalt New Energy Technology Co., Ltd., Ganzhou Saikewell Technology Co., Ltd., and Shenzhen Xinwangda Renewable Materials Technology Co., Ltd.
Research Co., Ltd., Zhejiang Wilson New Materials Co., Ltd., and Qujing Huaxiang Technology Co., Ltd.
The main drafters of this document are: Yu Haijun, Xu Kaihua, Qin Xueping, Zhao Meijing, Lin Yun, Yan Qunxuan, Zhao Wei, Liang Zhanxing, Ouyang Hongyong, and Wang Hao.
Yang Haoyu, Qu Hancheng, Xiang Junhua, Gao Aolei, Xu Hao, Xie Yinghao, Wei Qiong, Meng Maoyong, Sun Dan, Xu Di, Liu Baishan, Guan Yunfei, Zhang Bing, Liu Zhipeng Yang Fujing, Yang Lei, Xu Tao.
Waste battery chemical recycling technology Evaluation Standards
1 Scope
This document stipulates the compliance principles, evaluation principles, evaluation index system, and evaluation methods for the evaluation of waste battery chemical recycling technologies.
Legal and evaluation procedures.
This document applies to the evaluation of waste battery chemical recycling technologies by industrial enterprises or relevant departments.
Note. This document is primarily for discarded lithium-ion and nickel-metal hydride batteries.
2 Normative references
GB 18597
GB 18599
GB/T 34695
GB/T 44132-2024
3 Terms and Definitions
The terms and definitions defined in GB/T 34695 apply to this document.
4 Compliance Principles
4.1 Enterprises engaged in the recycling and utilization of waste battery chemicals shall be established in accordance with the law and shall comply with relevant laws and regulations during construction and actual production.
It complies with regulations, policies, and relevant standards.
4.2 The statistical reporting period (generally one production year is considered a statistical reporting period; for those established for less than one year, adjustments may be made based on actual circumstances) should be within the period.
There were no major or above safety accidents or sudden environmental incidents.
4.3 The management of the production, import, storage, use, operation and transportation of hazardous chemicals is governed by the "Regulations on the Safety Management of Hazardous Chemicals".
4.4 The management of the generation, collection, storage, transportation and disposal of solid waste shall comply with the provisions of GB 18597 and GB 18599.
4.5 Recycled products shall comply with the provisions of 7.2.2 in GB/T 44132-2024.
5 Evaluation Principles
5.1 Technology evaluation should scientifically, objectively, truthfully, and comprehensively reflect the actual situation of technology application.
5.2 Multiple technology evaluations should be classified according to the characteristics of the technologies, and appropriate evaluation indicators should be formulated for different types of technologies.
5.3 Evaluation indicators should cover four aspects. technical indicators, environmental indicators, resource indicators, and economic indicators.
5.4 Evaluation indicators should be interconnected yet relatively independent, avoiding overlap.
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Referenced standards
Editions of GB/T 46515
| Edition | Title | Revision | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| GB/T 46515-2025 | Evaluation specifications for recycling technology in waste battery chemicals | current edition | Current |
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