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H2020Staff exchange2018–2022

e.THROUGH · Thinking rough towards sustainability

Horizon 2020 — Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Duration
2018-01-01 → 2022-12-31
EU contribution
€693,000
Participants
9
Scheme
MSCA-RISE

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Results in brief

Thinking rough towards sustainability

To tackle its critical raw material (CRM) dependency, Europe needs comprehensive strategies based on sustainable primary mining, recovery from secondary resources and recycling. The EC classified 30 CRMs due to their high economic importance and high risk of supply interruption. e.THROUGH has the ambitious vision of turning the challenge of CRMs dependence into a strategic strength for Europe, contributing towards declassifying some CRMs, such as tungsten, indium, gallium and chromium, by: 1) Promoting new trends in the characterization and exploration of mineral deposits; 2) Mapping CRMs between EU mining regions; 3) Gaining knowledge on innovative processes for recovery secondary CRMs; 4) Redesign construction materials using secondary materials, closing loops, strongly supporting waste minimization; 5) Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) for the evaluation of global environmental impacts; 6) Transferring newly generated knowledge to stakeholders, for shaping responsible behaviours. e.THROUGH is an intersectoral and interdisciplinary consortium of EU & Third Country partners of leading institutions that see waste as a resource to recover CRMs, influencing the whole value chain. By training human resources in CRMs´ value chain, their recovery, recycling, further reuse and LCA, they become the much-needed young and senior scientists and engineers for the growing EU CRM industry. Two high-level objectives were defined for the e.THROUGH project to help improve: i) Availability of qualified and skilled workforce leading to higher competitiveness of the EU CRM industry, and ii) Transparency and communication by looking at multidisciplinary oriented research on mining development. These two overall objectives were totally achieved. Nine Theses (four Master's and five PhD´s) were completed within the project duration, qualifying workforce, as well as broad multidisciplinary consortia were formed for oriented research on mining and remining development, successfully applying for funding to continue researching with impact in society. • e.THROUGH website: https://ethrough.wordpress.com/ or http://sites.fct.unl.pt/e_through that redirects to the previous one • Twitter: @eTHROUGHproject

Data: CORDIS, © European Union

Project objective

To tackle its critical raw material (CRM) dependency, Europe needs comprehensive strategies based on sustainable primary mining, recovery from secondary resources and recycling. The EC classified 20 CRMs due to their high economic importance and high risk of supply interruption. e.THROUGH has the ambitious vision of turning the challenge of CRMs dependence into a strategic strength for Europe, contributing towards declassifying some CRMs, as tungsten, indium, gallium and chromium, by: 1) Promoting new trends in the characterization and exploration of mineral deposits; 2) Mapping CRMs between EU mining regions; 3) Gaining knowledge on innovative processes for recovery secondary CRMs; 4) Redesign construction materials using secondary materials, closing loops, strongly supporting waste minimization; 5) Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) for the evaluation of global environmental impacts; 6) Transferring newly generated knowledge to stakeholders, both for policy development and standardization, and for shaping responsible behaviours. e.THROUGH is an intersectoral and interdisciplinary consortium of EU & Third Country partners of leading institutions that see waste as a resource to recover CRMs, influencing the whole value chain. By training human resources in CRMs´value chain, their recovery, recycling, further reuse and LCA, they become the much needed young and senior scientists and engineers for the growing EU CRM industry. The consortium comprises 40% industry and 60% research partners. This should help push Europe to the forefront in CRM sectors, providing eco-friendly alternatives in supply. The generated scientific relevant knowledge will be transferred to shape industries, communities and individual citizens’ behaviour, fostering corporate sustainability performance, important to influence economic agents’ choices. e.THROUGH will generate a win-win situation for both the environment and the economy, promoting the required transition towards a sustainable society.

Original text from CORDIS.

Participants

  • NOVA ID FCT - ASSOCIACAO PARA A INOVACAO E DESENVOLVIMENTO DA FCT · CaparicaCoordinatorPortugal
  • AMPHOS 21 CONSULTING SL · BarcelonaSpain
  • DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET · Kongens LyngbyDenmark
  • E-MINES · DunFrance
  • ECO RECYCLING SOCIETA A RESPONSABILITA LIMITATA · ROMAItaly
  • LEHIGH UNIVERSITY CORPORATION · BETHLEHEM PAUnited States
  • LOMARTOV SL · BURJASSOTSpain
  • NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY · Boston MaUnited States
  • UNIVERSIDAD DE MALAGA · MALAGASpain

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Data: CORDIS, © European Union