Let’s start with the number that should bother you more than it does: only around a third of the e-waste generated in the EU is properly collected and recycled. The rest – old phones in drawers, dead laptops in landfill, broken monitors shipped off as...
The clean energy transition relies on critical raw materials. Electric vehicles, wind turbines, solar panels, defence systems and the semiconductor supply chain all depend on gold, palladium, copper and rare earth elements, which Europe currently imports at a...
There is a number that should be making headlines in every European capital, but somehow never does: 36%. That is the share of e-waste generated in the EU that currently gets recycled through official channels. Not recovered cleanly. Not returned to the economy in any...
Intro It sits in our pockets, powers our homes, and connects our businesses. Electronics are very important for the European economy. But the very devices that are changing our lives are also causing one of the most important environmental and strategic problems in...
