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The national implementation of the new Battery Regulation requires adjustments and changes, including revisions to waste legislation. The role of producer responsibility will be strengthened, but interpretations and guidelines from the Commission are still expected for several aspects of the regulation.

The seminar of the battery industry manufacturers’ anniversary year brought the industry experts together for the first time to talk about the new EU Battery… Read More »The Battery Seminar of the anniversary year brought the experts of battery industry together for the first time to discuss the EU’s new Battery Regulation: “The whole value chain was there”

The European Parliament adopted the EU’s Battery Regulation, which was prepared for already a couple of years, with the overwhelming majority voting for it.

The aim is for all imported batteries and electrical and electronic equipment to be reported via the same system, regardless of the producer organisation. This will facilitate the work of producers.

Managing Director of Celltech Anders Blomqvist believes that the EU’s new Batteries Regulation will boost the competitiveness of responsible suppliers.

Reuse and remanufacturing of batteries improves the availability of battery materials. The Electrical Fingerprint method developed by CeLLife Technologies is able to quickly tell which battery cells and modules can be used for remanufacturing.

The electrification of transport and environmental friendliness of batteries is a hot topic amongst car manufacturers and consumers, but Toyota wants to tackle the carbon… Read More »Batteries Regulation promotes responsibility in car industry: ‘environmental debate on cars easy to start from batteries’

The official Batteries Regulation draft negotiation text sheds light on the content of the upcoming regulation. There will be changes and specifications regarding producer responsibility.… Read More »#BatteryRegulation: The content of the upcoming Batteries Regulation has been published—specifications regarding producer responsibility incoming

The number of accumulators on the European market has been predicted to multiply ten-fold by 2030. All accumulators taken out of use should be recycled… Read More »#BatteryRegulation: There is demand for recycling the rare metals used in lithium-ion accumulators, but some accumulators lack recycling solutions—what will happen to the increasingly demanding recycling targets of the EU?  

The Global Battery Alliance (GBA) recently published the Greenhouse Gas Rulebook for calculating and monitoring the carbon footprint of lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles. The… Read More »Rulebook published on calculating the carbon footprint of batteries