Consumers, manufacturers key to enforcing EV battery recycling


PETALING JAYA: The government’s plans to push for the recycling of depleted electric vehicles (EVs) batteries must be enforced among both manufacturers and consumers to be environmentally sustainable, say environmental groups.

Sahabat Alam Malaysia president Meenakshi Raman said manufacturers or importers of EVs must be legally required to collect back the same number of EV batteries as the vehicles they sell or bring into Malaysia.

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