Explainer 📑 The EU #BatteriesRegulation: 🔋 Good Intentions, 🪫 Bad Outcomes. Our new explainer takes a look inside everyday #tech devices, such as wireless earbuds and a smartwatch, to explore the challenges of #battery replacement.

➡️ https://ccianet.org/library/the-eu-batteries-regulation-good-intentions-bad-outcomes-ccia-europe/ #CCIAeurope

Explainer 📑 The EU #BatteriesRegulation: 🔋 Good Intentions, 🪫 Bad Outcomes

Our new explainer takes a look inside everyday tech devices, such as wireless earbuds and a smartwatch, to explore the challenges of #battery replacement.

➡️ https://ccianet.org/library/the-eu-batteries-regulation-good-intentions-bad-outcomes-ccia-europe/

Back in Strasbourg for #EPlenary, with @claudiacanelles and @LeoVenez on the ground to discuss key files with #MEPs:

#ConsumerProtection ⚖️
#BatteriesRegulation 🔋
#CircularEconomy ♻️
#MinorProtection 🛡️
And #simplification 💡

Let’s grab a coffee if you are around! ☕

The EU #BatteriesRegulation is key to Europe’s green transition, but it comes with unintended side effects.

🔋 "The #Batteries Regulation directly threatens #product-design #innovation, and removability may paradoxically increase #eWaste."

➡️ https://project-disco.org/european-union/is-the-eu-batteries-regulation-charging-up-for-trouble/

🚫 "Redesign your entire product for #battery replaceability – but we’ll only tell you HOW a year in advance." 🔋 That’s the reality many manufacturers face under Article 11 of the EU #BatteriesRegulation.

Vague rules are stalling major investments and product launches.

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EU #BatteriesRegulation: "The push to make #batteries easily replaceable could actually further depress #recycling rates." 🔋

@LeoVenez: "This increases the likelihood of #battery downcycling or #landfill disposal, the last resort."

👉 https://project-disco.org/european-union/is-the-eu-batteries-regulation-charging-up-for-trouble/ #eWaste

The EU #BatteriesRegulation is key to Europe’s green transition, but some of its provisions risk unintended side effects, CCIA Europe’s @LeoVenez explains in his latest blog post.

🔋 "The push for #battery removability may paradoxically increase #eWaste."

👉 https://project-disco.org/european-union/is-the-eu-batteries-regulation-charging-up-for-trouble/