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210719 -- HEFEI, July 19, 2021 -- Waste batteries are pooled for recycling at Tianying technology park in Jieshou, east China s Anhui Province, July 15, 2021. At Tianying technology park in Jieshou, materials such as lead and plastics found in waste batteries are reused through a series of processes. To promote circular economy, Jieshou has built one of the largest power battery recycling and production bases in China with a full-fledged recycling system and related industries. Each year, the city recycles 1.6 million tonnes of waste batteries.  CHINA-ANHUI-JIESHOU-BATTERY RECYCLING CN LiuxJunxi PUBLICATIONxNOTxINxCHN

Circular batteries: Why the European industry is struggling

The establishment of a stable circular value chain for batteries in Europe is not only being held back by the lack of demand for electric cars. Experts are calling for a different industrial policy. Some see the future of the circular battery economy as global.

Von Leonie Düngefeld

Lliuya v. RWE: Why the dismissed lawsuit can still have a major impact.

The Hamm Higher Regional Court rejects the lawsuit brought by mountain guide Saúl Luciano Lliuya against RWE, but considers fossil fuel companies to be fundamentally responsible for the consequences of climate change. The plaintiff sees this as a groundbreaking success. RWE takes a completely different view.

Von Alexandra Endres