EU Committee: more recycling of critical raw materials

The European Parliament plans to place even more emphasis on recycling when it comes to securing strategic raw materials. On Thursday, the European Parliament’s Committee on Industry, Research and Energy voted by a large majority in favor of a report by the responsible MEP Nicola Beer (FDP) on the Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA). The paper urges much greater waste recycling to ensure the EU has raw materials such as lithium, nickel and cobalt, making it less dependent on non-EU countries such as China. The text proposes that the EU increase recycling capacity for each of the 16 strategic raw materials classified by 10 percent by 2030. In addition, the paper proposes that three-quarters of each of these materials contained in EU waste be collected and processed, assuming technical and economic feasibility.