The Circular Industries Talks are organized every second Wednesday at the Circular Industries Hub. In this edition, Barend Ubbink, Sustainability Consultant at In2Waste, expands on the topic of Circular Economy and the current challenges in e-waste. Curious for more? Take a look at the recording at the bottom of this page.
The supply chain of secondary raw materials for future new products starts with all of us!”
This scenario probably sounds familiar to you: somewhere in the house, there is a drawer filled with old mobile phones, laptops, or a tablet. In the Netherlands, nearly 59% of e-waste was registered in 2022. E-waste can be the raw materials for the products of tomorrow. However, there are a number of challenges. In addition, electronic products can be complex to assemble, which makes repair difficult and time-consuming. This is also a challenge for reuse. Another challenge is that there is no efficient or economically viable processing method yet for some products like solar panels and wind turbines.
Curious about the whole story? Listen to Barend in the Circular Industries talks.
The Circular Industries talks
The goal of the Circular Industries talks is to share knowledge across Leiden, Delft and Erasmus and to complement and deepen the knowledge already available within the Circular Industries Hub. The talks are organized on Wednesday morning from 10:00 to 11:00. The talks are online (Microsoft Teams).