 One process where this is happening is in the EU with the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive.Also, the European Training Network for the Design and Recycling of Rare-Earth Permanent Magnet Motors and Generators in Hybrid and Full Electric Vehicles (ETN-Demeter) makes designs of electric motors of which the magnets can be easily removed for recycling the rare earth metals.Criticism has been advanced on the fact that McDonough and Braungart previously kept C2C consultancy and certification in their inner circle.