However, only 6 of the 12 countries that reported this data met this target in 2021 as shown on the Figure.
EU-wide policies are key to enabling more green technology recycling across all Member States. For example, the new regulation on batteries and waste batteries, setting a minimum mandatory recycling content for different materials, for instance a target of recovering 80% of lithium from waste batteries by the end of 2031, and sets targets for producers collection of waste portable batteries and for waste batteries for light means of transport. The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive includes targets for the recovery and recycling/preparing for reuse for photovoltaic panels, the only green energy technology classified as WEEE: recovering 85% of the collected PV panel waste and reusing/recycling 80% of it from 2018 onwards. However, only 6 of the 12 countries that reported this data met this target in 2021 as shown on the Figure.