Circular Battery Economy Surges: How US Funding Grants and EU Passports Secure Supply Chains

Circular Battery Economy Surges: How US Funding Grants and EU Passports Secure Supply Chains

Battery recycling is shifting from a niche cleanup activity to a core pillar of industrial strategy in a more solidified circular battery economy. In the United States, massive US DOE battery grants are steering capital toward processes that ensure critical materials recovery—specifically lithium, nickel, cobalt, and copper—for second-life applications. Across the Atlantic, the EU battery passport will soon mandate traceable, low-carbon inputs f…

Europe’s next steps for a competitive Circular Economy

Over the past legislative cycle, the EU introduced ambitious circular economy measures, yet the absence of strong market signals, predictable demand and a coherent industrial policy has limited their overall impact. With competitiveness now central to the political term, the newly adopted Clean Industrial Deal positions circularity as a key element of Europe’s growth strategy and underscores the need to reduce overdependence on third countries. …