Renewable Paradox in Sustainable Battery Energy
Keywords:
Renewable energy, Battery waste management, Life cycle assessment (LCA), Urban waste, Circular economyAbstract
Introduction/Main Objectives: Explores life cycle assessment (LCA) environmental impact arising growth renewable energy and electric vehicles, increasing battery waste and associated threat of heavy metal (cadmium, lead, mercury) pollution to ecosystems and natural resources.
Background Problems: Intersection renewable energy development and battery waste management problem of hazardous heavy metal contamination. Addresses research question: “How can advanced battery recycling strategies prevent environmental contamination and enhance energy sector sustainability—transforming a potential ‘renewable paradox’ into a systemic solution?
Research Methods: Life cycle assessment (LCA), regulatory review, and analysis of industry recycling practices in both Asia and Africa to comprehensively evaluate
Finding/Results: Reveal that discarded batteries can raise soil and water heavy metal concentrations up to 50-fold, while robust recycling measures substantially decrease carbon emissions and mitigate ecosystem toxicity.
Conclusion: Integrating renewable energy expansion with sustainable battery waste management is critical to ecosystem health. Adoption of circular economy principles and national policy frameworks is shown to significantly reduce environmental risks while supporting a resilient green energy transition.
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