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Battery recycling: China far ahead of Europe

Battery production at the Jiangsu Tafel New Energy company in Nanjing
While the recycling market for lithium-ion batteries is already booming in China, it is just growing out of its infancy in Europe. The countries of East Asia established the necessary structures for recycling earlier – and they are benefiting from the larger volume of available spent batteries.
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Leonie Düngefeld
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Now it’s certain: From 2035, no more internal combustion cars will be on the market in the EU; instead, electric vehicles will take over European roads. Mobility will then depend on lithium-ion batteries – and their recycling because the EU wants to achieve a circular economy and has to juggle raw material shortages.

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