The ProSUM project is reaching out to ACR + members to support the project with additional available data on the content of municipal waste and specifically the presence of WEEE and batteries.
The disposal of WEEE and spent batteries together with other solid wastes is limiting the recovery potential of Critical Raw Materials (CRMs). Quantities of WEEE in municipal waste have been analysed to some extent as part of the CWIT project. A literature review was done to assess the amount of WEEE in the waste bin in the EU-28, plus Norway and Switzerland. The goal was to capture all WEEE that is disposed by households, the public sector and services in the residual waste bin.
Please follow the link to answer a few questions in support of this EU initiative.
The ProSUM Project
The EU funded ProSUM project aims to create EU raw materials knowledge base on secondary sources of critical raw materials in support of the European Commission strategy to improve resource efficiency and reduce and alleviate the supply risks facing critical raw materials. Data on primary and secondary raw materials are available in Europe but are scattered amongst a variety of institutions including government agencies, national geological surveys, universities, NGOs and industry
The project is delivered by a consortium of 17 partners, representing research institutes, geological surveys and industry, with excellence in all the above domains is delivering this ambitious project. The project is funded by the European Union (3.051m euros) and the Swiss Government (0.63m euros). The project will be delivered over three years, ending in December 2017. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 641999.
For further information on the project please visit the ProSUM project website.
The disposal of WEEE and spent batteries together with other solid wastes is limiting the recovery potential of Critical Raw Materials (CRMs). Quantities of WEEE in municipal waste have been analysed to some extent as part of the CWIT project. A literature review was done to assess the amount of WEEE in the waste bin in the EU-28, plus Norway and Switzerland. The goal was to capture all WEEE that is disposed by households, the public sector and services in the residual waste bin.
Please follow the link to answer a few questions in support of this EU initiative.
The ProSUM Project
The EU funded ProSUM project aims to create EU raw materials knowledge base on secondary sources of critical raw materials in support of the European Commission strategy to improve resource efficiency and reduce and alleviate the supply risks facing critical raw materials. Data on primary and secondary raw materials are available in Europe but are scattered amongst a variety of institutions including government agencies, national geological surveys, universities, NGOs and industry
The project is delivered by a consortium of 17 partners, representing research institutes, geological surveys and industry, with excellence in all the above domains is delivering this ambitious project. The project is funded by the European Union (3.051m euros) and the Swiss Government (0.63m euros). The project will be delivered over three years, ending in December 2017. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 641999.
For further information on the project please visit the ProSUM project website.
