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EU Commission introduces right to repair
| Today, the European Commission adopted a new proposal on common rules promoting the repair of goods.
Major research project to give electric vehicle batteries a ‘second life’
| Nottingham Trent University (NTU) is part of a £4.5 million research project to establish a process to recycle or reuse electric vehicle batteries to help prevent up to nine million tons of battery waste per year going to landfill.
Optimise raw material reuse and recovery in electronic products
| A consortium has commenced an ambitious four-year project to create a data platform that will share detailed information on these products.
IERC 2023 in Salzburg next week
| The IERC 2023 Congress will be held in Salzburg, Austria, from January 18 to 20, 2023.
EU: Parliament and Council agree on battery law
| The Commission welcomes the provisional agreement between the European Parliament and the Council to make batteries more sustainable, circular and safe.
Time to look at the new EU Batteries Regulation implementation
| Two years after the Commission’s proposal, it is likely that tomorrow’s trilogue closes with a deal on a compromise for the new EU Batteries Regulation.
IERC 2023 Preview interview
| International Electronics Recycling Congress (IERC) 2023 preview interview with Raymond Langevoort, Manager Copper Raw Materials at Boliden
New EU-funded project aims to prevent fires caused by batteries at e-waste recycling facilities
| A project that will develop an AI-powered battery detection system utilising data from x-ray detectors and pick-and-place robots has commenced on the 1 September.
How sensor-based sorting technology is driving advances in e-waste recycling
| With e-waste continuing to be the fastest growing waste stream in the world, Tomra Recycling’s Segment Manager for Metal Recycling, Terence Keyworth, looks at the ways in which the latest advances in sensor-based sorting can provide new opportunities for e-scrap recyclers.
Kuusakoski: new copper centre to recycle all cables in Finland
| A €7 million processing plant for aluminium and copper containing materials will be completed next year in Heinola, Finland.
Umicore inaugurates Europe’s first battery materials gigafactory
| Umicore has inaugurated its carbon-neutral production facility for cathode active materials for electric vehicles in Nysa, Poland.
Granulator for e-scrap recycling
| Umweltschutz Höpperger has successfully completed the start-up of an Andritz ADuro G-1600S granulator at its e-scrap recycling mill in Pfaffenhofen, Austria.
International E-Waste Day: ‘Recycle it all, no matter how small!’
| Small, end-of-life electrical and electronic appliances present a significant challenge.
Battery recycling start-up raises €3.5m in funding
| ClimateTech startup tozero has raised € 3.5m in a Pre-Seed financing round led by Atlantic Labs.
