Enhancing Circularity of Strategic Value Chains Through Life Cycle Thinking-The Example of JRC Scientific Support to the Forthcoming Vehicles EU Regulation

Paper Details

Authors: Orefice M.; Tazi N.; Maury T.; Eynard U.; Candelaresi D.; Bobba S.; Mathieux F.

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-032-17987-6_23

Journal: Life Cycle Management from Global to Local

Year: 2026

Publisher: Springer Science+Business Media

Document Type: Book chapter

Open Access: All Open Access; Gold Open Access

Cited by: 0

Abstract

Electric mobility (e-mobility) is a key driver for the green transition and climate neutrality. Nonetheless, value chain of e-drive motors, a key component of e-vehicles, still presents significant circularity failures. Circular management of products should go beyond end-of-life management embracing the whole life-cycle to be effective. This is the approach of recent EU policies for e-mobility (e.g. the vehicles regulation proposal or the batteries regulation) as well as of recent JRC science-for-policy supports on e-mobility circularity. The paper presents and discusses two policy measures for enhancing e-drive motors circularity in applying a life cycle thinking approach, namely: (i) labelling and information folder and (ii) recycled content of permanent magnets. This contribution aims at showing how moving from a punctual approach to life-cycle approach along the value chain effectively enables circularity, of both materials and information, with benefits as for waste management operators as for manufacturers. © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2026.

Keywords

Chains; Information management; Life cycle assessment; Vehicles; Waste management; Circular managements; Drive motors; Electric mobility; End of life managements; End-of-life managements; EU regulations; Green transitions; Life cycle thinking; Strategic values; Value chains; Life cycle

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