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Making batteries more sustainable, more durable and better-performing​

14-06-2023 - 12:48​
  • More stringent targets for waste collection, recycling efficiency, and material recovery​
  • Tougher sustainability, performance and labelling requirements​
  • Due diligence policy to address social and environmental risks​
  • Portable batteries in appliances will be easier to replace​
On Wednesday, Parliament approved new rules for the design, production and waste management of all types of batteries sold in the EU.

With 587 votes in favour, nine against and 20 abstentions, MEPs endorsed a deal reached with the Council to overhaul EU rules on batteries and waste batteries. The new law takes into account technological developments and future challenges in the sector and will cover the entire battery life cycle, from design to end-of-life.

Key measures foreseen by the regulation:
  • A compulsory carbon footprint declaration and label for electric vehicles (EV) batteries, light means of transport (LMT) batteries (e.g. for electric scooters and bikes), and rechargeable industrial batteries with a capacity above 2kWh;
  • Designing portable batteries in appliances in such a way that consumers can themselves easily remove and replace them;
  • A digital battery passport for LMT batteries, industrial batteries with a capacity above 2 kWh, and EV batteries;
  • A due diligence policy for all economic operators, except for SMEs;
  • Stricter waste collection targets: for portable batteries - 45% by 2023, 63% by 2027 and 73% by 2030; for LMT batteries - 51% by 2028 and 61% by 2031;
  • Minimum levels of materials recovered from waste batteries: lithium - 50% by 2027 and 80% by 2031; cobalt, copper, lead and nickel - 90% by 2027 and 95% by 2031;
  • Minimum levels of recycled content from manufacturing and consumer waste for use in new batteries: eight years after the entry into force of the regulation - 16% for cobalt, 85% for lead, 6% for lithium and 6% for nickel; 13 years after the entry into force: 26% for cobalt, 85% for lead, 12% for lithium and 15% for nickel.

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Rapporteur Achille Variati (S&D, IT) said: “For the first time, we have circular economy legislation that covers the entire life cycle of a product - an approach that is good for both the environment and the economy. We agreed on measures that greatly benefit consumers: batteries will be well-functioning, safer and easier to remove. Our overall aim is to build a stronger EU recycling industry, particularly for lithium, and a competitive industrial sector as a whole, which is crucial in the coming decades for our continent’s energy transition and strategic autonomy. These measures could become a benchmark for the entire global battery market."

Next steps
Following the final vote in plenary, the Council will now have to formally endorse the text before its publication in the EU Official Journal shortly after and its entry into force.

Background
In December 2020, the Commission presented a proposal for a regulation on batteries and waste batteries. The proposal aims to strengthen the functioning of the internal market, promoting a circular economy and reducing the environmental and social impact throughout all stages of the battery life cycle. The initiative is closely linked to the European Green Deal, the Circular Economy Action Plan and the New Industrial Strategy.

In adopting this report, Parliament is responding to citizens' expectations to enhance European energy security, provide green infrastructure and build a circular economy, as expressed in Proposals 3(3), 3(6), 4(3), 5(1), 5(3) and 5(8) of the conclusions of the Conference on the Future of Europe.​

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Overly Serious said:
They shouldn't force manufacturers to sell at any price. Bongland is doing that with energy companies and it's a mess. As price caps almost always are. What the could do which would achieve the same thing but better, is forbid manufacturers to do things which prevent others making compatible batteries.

You don't have to price fix, just prevent collusion from shutting out competitors. Then replacement batteries will hit their natural point.
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I feel like there should be a hard cap that a replacement part cannot cost more than x % of the base price of the product it's designed for, of course done in a way so that a) the consumer can buy a replacement at a fair price, b) the manufacturer still sells it with a profit and not by the raw price of manufacturing and c) it's not cheap enough to be able to build a device just from replacement parts.

And the big issue with 3rd party batteries is that rarely any of them are anywhere near the quality of OEM counterparts, and not because of artificial lockouts. Pretty much no 3rd party battery manufacturer does a good job, even if the battery doesn't have any special electronics that would prohibit 3rd party replacements from working. Freshly produced OEM replacement batteries are a must for the average consumer if they want to get a quality product.
 
Does this removable battery thing extend to electric cars? We're already at the point of having batteries fused to the frames of cars.
 
The law is stupid because its so bloated.
but the base idea is good. the EU is doing good work from time to time, now we only need them to fine the shit out of Apple and Google for including a browser with their OS.
they fined the shit out of M$ for that years ago.
 
ZMOT said:
not if you want that apple FLAT and THIN look. because you know hardware as thin as a paper is considered sleek and high-tech, not a crapshot with all kinds of compromises (see butterfly keyboards).
being part of planned obsolescence (just buy a new one, or get a replacement for some fee if you're lucky) is another feature of that.
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Fuck you, I want my phones bigger and heavier.

I want that shit to survive being used to inflict blunt force trauma when thrown.
 
Oh no! My heccin’ GDPerino! How is Apple supposed to grow higher than their $2.76 trillion market cap if they start doing things like replaceable parts?
 
Kosher Dill said:
How much of that is because of artificial lockouts though? For example Lenovo's firmware tries to reject third-party batteries, so probably the only companies making replacements are fly-by-night operations willing to bypass DRM or scavenge chips from old broken hardware. Maybe more reputable players would enter the market if it was actually a free market.
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Cyberpunk in entertainment: plug n play Cybernetics, Neon lights everywhere, suped up cars, Asians, Corporate tyranny

Cyberpunk IRL: Corporate tyranny but Reddit.

I guess this dystopia would be more fun if you're equipped with an electrical engineering degree and have programming skills. It seems to be fun with the teenagers with their script kiddie stuff but they get ass raped by the feds fairly easily and they aren't really doing anything neat, just essentially stuffing a baked potato into the exhaust pipe of a car except this car is a giga corporation's super car that uses 92 octane ethanol free leaded gasoline for maximum performance.
 
I can already hear the bill counting machines roaring in brussels with the bribes from phone companies, specially apple

Battery dead must account for almost 50% of new phone sales nowadays and I'm being conservative, you wouldnt believe how many normalfags told me they changed phones because they couldnt get an OEM battery, and frankly I dont blame them cuz the market is flooded with shitty chink replicas that dont work and the OEMs charge you an arm for one precisely so you will give up and buy a new ishit

With this law its over, new phone sales will plummet, apple is gonna have to go back to the age of $600 tops for a flagship iphone if they want to sell any, same for other fuckers like samsung. Not that they gonna go broke cuz at that price the phone is still almost 50% profit but their revenue is gonna collapse after years and years of charging $1100 for that same phone, and their shareholders are gonna freak the fuck out

So what am trying to say here is that companies will make basedphones with removable batteries for the yuros on one side and cuckedphones for everybody else, its that simple. They will make it so that the first time you activate a yuro iphone it as to be in yurop using a yurop chip, same shit some banks do with their apps, so that 90% of the normalfags who want a yuro iphone with a removable battery wont even bother
 
I changed the battery on my a71 fairly easily, but i had to cook it in a salt bath to loosen the glue holding the back and battery on. Also swapped the type-c port out as it was starting to wear from being plugged in every night for three years, but the new one is a bit iffy. my next phone will have wireless charging.
 
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