Geopolitics
The Circular Revolution: How Recycling Critical Minerals Can Break The West's Green Colonialism
The enormous mineral demands of the global energy transition may be met not only by new mining but by recycling the critical materials embedded in its own infrastructure, such as spent batteries and retired solar panels. This emerging circularity is a powerful blow against the West's resource neo-colonialism, offering the Global South a chance to break free from exploitative supply chains and build sovereign, resilient green economies on our own terms.
