On 20 April, the trilogue between the European Commission, the European Parliament and EU member states begins via a new battery regulation. The EU's goal is to make batteries sustainable throughout their entire life cycle. The regulation is intended to provide binding standards with regard to: This includes due diligence, collection rates and recycling. Future batteries should also meet certain minimum requirements with regard to their repairability and durability. In our current podcast episode, we look at the policy debate around the regulation: What are the demands of industry, civil society and politics? And why is even the European battery industry pushing for more regulation?
Click here for the publication: The political debate on the European Battery Regulation: https://power-shift.de/die-politische-debatte-um-die-europaeische-batterieverordnung-klare-regeln-fuer-nachhaltige-produkte/
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This project was funded by the Federal Environment Agency and the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection. Funding is provided by decision of the German Bundestag.
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