SOLVOMET/SIM2 KU Leuven researchers have developed three different routes to recover and purify Pd, Pt and Rh from spent autocatalysts. One of these routes (liquid-liquid extraction) was selected for industrial validation together with two other technologies developed...
As an external collaborator in the AWARE project we also conducted eco-workshops for children in Slovenia in order to present them e-waste and its proper handling. In the company ZEOS, d.o.o. from Slovenia, we have been dealing with the proper management of e-waste...
The EIT RawMaterials AWARE project aims to raise public awareness about Waste Electronic and Electrical Equipment (WEEE). AWARE educates primary school children about the importance of recycling e-waste and re-integrating products into the circular economy. In this...
The digital transition generates data that can enable and support the optimisation of products and accelerate the circular economy adoption. However, the potential of this digital transition to support product repairability has not yet been fully explored. Therefore,...
“The curse of ‘white oil’: electric vehicles’ dirty secret” is the attention-grabbing headline of the in-depth article by Oliver Balch, published in The Guardian (December 8, 2020). In a very eloquent way, this “long read” article reveals the social...
Removing batteries from Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) for separate recycling is becoming increasingly challenging. Therefore, researchers from the Life Cycle Engineering (LCE) research group (SIM² – KU Leuven) performed a study to capture...
