Quebec's EV Battery Recovery Program Goes Nationwide

On June 26 2025, the Electric Vehicle Battery Recovery Program (the "EV Battery Program"), originally an industry-led Quebec initiative, announced that it has now expanded across Canada. The EV Battery Program was first piloted in Quebec two years ago as a collaborative initiative between electronic vehicle ("EV") manufacturers, Call2Recycle Canada Inc. ("Call2Recycle"), a national consumer battery recycling organization, and the Province of Quebec to ensure responsible recovery of EV batteries at their end-of-life consistent with the principles of extended producer responsibility ("EPR").¹

The EV Battery Program comes at a time where there is growing awareness of the need for proper systems to manage EV batteries at their end-of-life as well as the increasing expansion of consumer battery EPR programs within Canada. The timing for this program also coincides with the newly published rules under the EU Battery Regulation (2023/1542) introduced in the