The Battery Industry Group
The Battery Industry Group
Our purpose is to ensure batteries are a valuable resource in Aotearoa New Zealand’s journey to a low emissions future.
To achieve this, they need to be effectively and safely managed throughout their lifecycle to maximise resource use over their entire life, through reuse in second life applications, recovery and recycling.
The Battery Industry Group (B.I.G.) is a group of over 170 stakeholders brought together to research and co-design the product stewardship scheme required by government for a priority product. Large batteries were declared a priority product In June 2020 under the Waste Minimisation Act 2008. Find out more about our co-design process here.
The Battery Industry Group operates under the governance of Auto Stewardship New Zealand, a not-for-profit Product Stewardship Organisation. You can see the current Trustees of Auto Stewardship New Zealand here.
The group is made up of representatives from across the large battery value chain. They will have input and oversight into the project as it evolves.
For information on earlier working groups, click here.
Founder of PowerTrip
Vehicle Importers Association
Insurance Council of New Zealand
Auto Stewardship New Zealand
EECA Te Tari Tiaki Pūngao
Motor Trade Association
Phoenix Metalman Recycling
Automobile Association
Motor Trade Association
Control Focus
Fire & Emergency New Zealand
Research for phase one of the project was undertaken by Duncan Wilson of Eunomia Research and Consulting and co-ordinated by WasteMinz, with input from specialist advisory groups under the guidance of then B.I.G. chair Juhi Shareef.
Phase two of the project was managed by 3R Group with input from specialist advisory groups under the guidance of ASNZ Chair, Mark Gilbert, and has been completed.
For enquiries about the current status of the project, please contact us.