{"id":103712,"date":"2021-03-16T16:04:15","date_gmt":"2021-03-16T15:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/?post_type=library&#038;p=103712"},"modified":"2021-05-04T18:13:19","modified_gmt":"2021-05-04T16:13:19","slug":"enhancing-the-sustainability-of-batteries-ngo-position-paper","status":"publish","type":"library","link":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/en_gb\/library\/enhancing-the-sustainability-of-batteries-ngo-position-paper\/","title":{"rendered":"Enhancing the sustainability of batteries &#8211; NGO position paper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From transport and energy storage to smartphones, the revision of the EU\u2019s Battery Regulation has the potential to reduce the environmental impact and downside risks of our increasingly electrified and digital economy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>For this reason, together with<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<strong>Deutsche Umwelthilfe, ECOS, <\/strong><strong>Transport &amp; Environment<\/strong> and 42 other NGOs<strong>, <\/strong>we are calling on EU governments and institutions to implement a number of specific policy measures that would make durable, repairable and low carbon batteries the norm.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This position paper is endorsed by:<\/p>\n<p>Aid\/Watch, Bellona Foundation, Bond Beter Leefmilieu, CircE (Malta), CoBEN (Conf\u00e9d\u00e9ration Bretagne Environnement &amp; Nature), Danish Society for Nature Conservation, Deep Sea Mining Campaign, Deutscher Naturschutzring (DNR), Deutsche Stiftung Meeresschutz, DKA Austria, Earthworks, ECODES, Ecoteca, Free ICT Europe Foundation, Friends of the Earth Europe CircE (Malta), Germanwatch, GLOBAL 2000, Green Transition Denmark, HOP (Halte \u00e0 l\u2019obsolescence programm\u00e9e), Humusz Sz\u00f6vets\u00e9g, iFixit, INKOTA-netzwerk e.V., KNU &#8211; Coordination network for German environmental NGOs on standardisation, Legambiente, London Mining Network, Polish Ecological Club, Polish Zero Waste Association, PowerShift e.V., Quercus &#8211; Nature Conservation National\u00a0 Association, Repair&amp;Share, RREUSE, Runder Tisch Reparatur, Sciaena, Seas At Risk, Society for Earth (TNZ, Poland), SREDINA &#8211; Association of Citizens, Urbergsgruppen Grenna-Norra K\u00e4rr, V\u0161\u012e \u201c\u017diedin\u0117 ekonomika\u201d, WWF (World Wide Fund For Nature), ZERO &#8211; Association for the Sustainability of the Earth System, Zero Waste Europe, Zero Waste Alliance Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":103715,"template":"","library_category":[422,414,424],"library_tags":[499],"class_list":["post-103712","library","type-library","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","library_category-circular-economy","library_category-resource-efficiency","library_category-waste-and-recycling","library_tags-joint-publication"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/library\/103712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/library"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/library"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"library_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/library_category?post=103712"},{"taxonomy":"library_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/library_tags?post=103712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}