The Council of the European Union has ratified a new legislation aimed at bolstering the sustainability guidelines pertaining to batteries and their waste. This directive mandates mobile phone manufacturers, including giants like Apple, to design their devices such that batteries in mobile phones and other consumer electronic products can be replaced by users with ease.
A press release from the European Union clarified that the new regulation will govern the full life cycle of batteries, encompassing their production, reuse, and recycling stages. These processes are to be carried out ensuring safety, sustainability, and competitiveness.
The regulation extends its ambit to. . .
