Water & Environment Task Force

Join us to learn more about lithium-ion battery recycling, a critical issue as we continue to explore electric vehicles, solar panels and other innovations that require energy storage. 

In compliance with AB2832, the Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling Advisory Group was formed in 2019 to advise the California legislature on policies pertaining to the recovery and recycling of lithium-ion vehicle batteries sold with motor vehicles in the state.  The Group consists of several California environmental agencies, the environmental community, auto dismantlers, and representatives from manufacturing, collection, processing and recycling of electric vehicle batteries.  The Group presented its final draft report of policy recommendations at its March 15 public meeting.  UC Davis Professor Alissa Kendall, one of the leaders of the Group, will be the featured speaker at the EBLC Water and Environment Task Force virtual meeting on Tuesday, April 19, at 8:30 a.m.

About our speaker: 
Alissa Kendall is a Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering and Chair of the Energy Graduate Group at UC Davis. Her research applies principles of industrial ecology and environmental engineering to developing and implementing life cycle assessment (LCA) methods for electromobility and alternative fuels, pavements and other transport infrastructure, and food production systems with the goal of mitigating climate change and other environmental and resource challenges.  She holds a joint PhD in Natural Resource Policy and Environmental Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.