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EU will require removable batteries from 2027 (www.consilium.europa.eu)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/1397803

It had been in the works for a while, but now it has formally been adopted. From the article:

The regulation provides that by 2027 portable batteries incorporated into appliances should be removable and replaceable by the end-user, leaving sufficient time for operators to adapt the design of their products to this requirement.

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not stated in the article, but from memory there's an exception for smartphones because of 'how tightly integrated and small' they are, which is bullshit.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sauce? Thought this policy would be interesting especially because of smartphones..

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Apparently I was mistaken, as search results seem to indicate that it also goes for phones: https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/06/22/new-eu-law-to-force-smartphone-makers-to-build-easily-replaceable-batteries