Europe is lagging behind in the recycling and security of critical raw materials essential for the energy transition, particularly battery metals, which could be sourced from waste, as policymakers grapple with inefficiencies and the dominance of Chinese processing in the global supply chain. #BatteryMetals #Recycling #RawMaterials #EU #PL #RS #CN #CD

As Europe grapples with a critical raw materials crisis in the wake of the energy transition, experts emphasize the urgent need for recycling and local supply chains to reclaim valuable battery metals from waste, while acknowledging the region's slow response compared to the rest of the world and the challenge posed by China's dominance in processing and trading these materials. #EnergyTransition #BatteryRecycling #RawMaterials