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Battery recycling: Europe’s catch-up plan

While the recycling market for lithium-ion batteries is already booming in China, it is just growing out of its infancy in Europe. This is mainly due to a lack of investment, but high raw material prices mean that battery recycling could soon be profitable.
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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; instead, electric vehicles will take over Europe’s roads. Mobility will then depend on lithium-ion batteries – and on their recycling – because the EU wants to achieve a circular economy and has to juggle raw material shortages. What is the state of the European recycling industry? And why are companies in China so much further ahead?

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