Summary

Ahead of the Circular Economy Act, a joint letter from T&E, Recharge, Clean Tech for Europe and EIES calls for concrete measures to support the effective scaling of Europe’s material recovery and recycling capacity. Recovering materials from end-of-life batteries is a key means to secure much needed critical minerals (CRMs) resiliently and sustainably. With increased recycling, Europe can reduce imports of CRMs, in turn reducing external dependencies. However, Europe’s battery recycling industry is struggling to scale, with over half of Europe’s battery recycling capacity currently at risk .

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