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Batterie-Herstellung und Recycling in China
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Battery recycling: China far ahead of Europe

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.

By Leonie Düngefeld

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Pressured to take loans, forced to work

Consumers in the West largely agree that they reject products made under forced labor. Still, many have only an abstract idea of what forced labor looks like in practice. Companies, authorities, and banks in Xinjiang work together to pressure people and withhold salaries.

By Marcel Grzanna