Since Member States are at different stages of implementing the Regulation, Eucobat is advocating for transitional periods in the EU Battery Regulation. Eucobat is also concerned that the obligation to take back end-of-life batteries free of charge could bring back batteries placed on the market...
Recycling service providers believe the battery regulation will accelerate raw material markets and the development of recycling technologies. Producer responsibility often forms the financial basis for battery recycling, as there has not yet been...
The EU Battery Regulation significantly reforms producer responsibility systems for batteries. At the Battery Regulation Seminar held in August 2025 at Heureka Science Center in Vantaa, participants learned about the regulation’s impacts on the...
The battery regulation seminar, which addressed changes in battery producer responsibility, brought together the entire battery ecosystem. The topic was extremely timely, as the changes concerning waste management and producer...
The changes in waste management and extended producer responsibility under the EU Battery Regulation entered into force on 18 August 2025. Batteries may no longer be placed on the market without fulfilling producer responsibility obligations and...
The EU’s new battery regulation introduces significant changes to the producer responsibility for industrial batteries starting from 18 August 2025. The key change is the expansion of responsibility: producers will be responsible not only for the...
In Finland, the collection and recycling of batteries has been effectively implemented through producer responsibility systems, and the requirements of the current legislation are well met. Chapter 8 of the battery regulation, entering into force...
Due diligence in the battery supply chain – what do the Battery Regulation and the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CS3D) require from companies? These questions were addressed in the fifth Battery Regulation webinar...
A recycling system compliant with producer responsibility is being built for large industrial batteries by expanding Recser’s operations...
Critical battery minerals such as lithium, cobalt, nickel, and graphite are expected to face global shortages in the coming years as the number of electric vehicles (EVs) and battery energy storage systems grows rapidly...
