Ballard ESG Report 2019

OUR CORPORATE COMMITMENTS

Fuel Cell Refurbishing and Recycling

RE USE RE DUCE RE CYCLE

We seek to keep every Ballard fuel cell in use for as long as possible. When they ultimately reach end-of-life, we seek to keep them out of the landfill. Every year, we recycle and refurbish thousands of fuel cell stacks. Each fuel cell stack is refurbished, re-using components as much as possible, to achieve the same performance specifications as new stacks. They are then shipped back to our customers.

Thanks to the use of carbon bipolar plates in our stack design, we can reuse each plate several times

• During the refurbishing process, we integrate a new membrane electrode assembly (MEA) with the re-used bipolar plates and hardware.

• Thanks to the use of carbon bipolar plates in our stack design, we can reuse each plate several times.

95% Pt

• Used MEAs are sent to a specialized facility that reclaims 95% of the platinum.

Used MEAs are sent to a specialized facility that reclaims 95% of the platinum

Reducing Raw Materials By Design

With every new generation of products, we seek to reduce the number of components, and the total weight of the fuel cell system. Our new FCmove™ heavy-duty fuel cell module is designed with 50% fewer components than earlier generations.

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