EU Battery Recycling Policy Paper Inspires EES Batteries Cover

A paper co-authored by Gavin, "Towards a courageous EU policy for recycling spent lithium-ion batteries: rethinking dismantling, standardization, and responsibility", has inspired the cover artwork for Volume 2, Issue 5 of EES Batteries. The authors are Alessandra Zanoletti, Alberto Mannu, Gavin Harper and Elza Bontempi.

The paper argues that better battery recycling starts with better battery design. It calls for EU requirements that make batteries easier to disassemble, so that design for Re-X supports wider circular value chains. This could also help European automakers and reinforce EU efforts on materials criticality. The paper draws on themes from the ReLiB Project, funded by the Faraday Institution, and the RECREATE Project, funded by EPSRC. Read it in EES Batteries.