At recycling facilities, these batteries pass through several sorting stages before ending up in the ferrous metal fraction alongside other materials. Their small size, irregular shape, and mixed composition make reliable separation difficult. As a result, batteries contaminate metal streams, reduce material value, and increase fire risks during downstream processing.

The joint operation will provide services for large energy-storage and electric vehicle batteries. Its activities include transport, storage, dismantling and second-life assessment. The company states that it can process all battery chemistries.

The Micromat Series IV will be shown with a multicut rotor for processing materials such as big bags and textiles.

The combined event brings together stakeholders from the waste management, recycling, secondary raw materials and circular electronics sectors. With a single registration, visitors gain access to all four exhibitions and their associated conference programmes. Attendance for both the exhibition and conference is free of charge.

The action plan highlights major roadblocks holding back Europe's metals recycling sector: stagnating domestic demand for recycled metals, biased methodologies for defining green products, less focus on recyclers in key policies like the Clean Industrial Deal, and the lack of recyclers' representation in EPR scheme governance. These barriers stifle investments and limit Europe's ability to generate its own resources at a time when the EU27 remain trapped in reliance on third-country supplies.

To neutralise the human impact on the climate, excess CO₂ must be removed from the atmosphere. According to Swiss scientists, excess renewable energy can be used to remove CO₂ from the atmosphere and convert it to methane or methanol, which can then be processed into polymers, hydrogen and solid carbon. At the end of their life cycle, discarded building materials become the ultimate carbon sink. The article "Mining the atmosphere: A concrete solution to global warming" was published in "Resources, Conservation & Recycling".

On 26 February, the European Commission presented its Clean Industrial Deal. Several associations and organisations have commented on the deal.