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October 2019
International E-Waste Day
It is estimated that 50 million tonnes of e-waste were generated globally in 2018. Half of this is personal devices such as computers, screens, smartphones, tablets and TVs, with the remainder being larger household appliances and heating and cooling equipment. International E-Waste Day was developed in 2018 by the WEEE Forum with the support of its members. The day is used to raise the public profile of e-waste recycling and encourage consumers to recycle their e-waste with the resulting increase…
Find out more »ORAMA Webinar on Batteries and Vehicles
The battery webinar aims to present harmonisation options and guidance to stakeholders who are involved in the reporting of batteries placed on the market and waste collected, and obtain input on efforts to align the various battery classifications between Member States. Furthermore the webinar will provide a discussion on what data is necessary to work towards closing materials loops from battery flows in the future. The workshop will raise awareness of the importance of improved reporting practices for batteries to…
Find out more »ORAMA Webinar on WEEE-/PV Panels
This webinar will focus on data optimisation for secondary raw materials from WEEE in general and PV panels in particular. An overview of current reporting practices, available information and data gaps will be presented. This will be followed by a description of the different, stakeholder specific tools designed by ORAMA based on conducted case studies and other funded projects to improve data harmonistation, availability, quality and interoperability. The WEEE tools focus on systematisation of type and composition of (W)EEE (UNU…
Find out more »Final SUPRIM Conference – How better to account for your primary raw materials in your LCA
Final SUPRIM Conference – How better to account for your primary raw materials in your LCA 22nd October 2019 EIT House in Brussels Rue Guimard 7, 4th floor, 1040 Brussels, Belgium
Find out more »November 2019
ORAMA Final Event
Hotel Le Plaza, Adolphe Maxlaan 118/126, 1000 Brussels, Belgium From 9 am to 1 pm The @ORAMA (Optimising quality of information in RAw MAterials data collection across Europe) Project is coming to its end and we hope you could join in our Final Event and learn about our results. The event will be during the Raw Materials Week in Brussels on 22nd November 2019. It will be organized together with the @GeoERA, and has clustering with other Horizon 2020 projects…
Find out more »March 2020
Circular Materials Conference 2020
MARCH 2020, DATES ARE TO BE ANNOUNCED
Find out more »36th International Geological Congress (IGC)
International Geological Congress (IGC) is the prestigious global platform for advancement of Earth Science. The first session of IGC assembled in 1878 in France with an aim to provide the global geological community with an opportunity to create an organizational frame work for meeting at regular intervals. It envisaged a spirit of fraternal cooperation that transcends boundaries, languages and has the ability to bring together the geoscientific community across the continents and oceans. Founded as a non-profit scientific and educational…
Find out more »May 2020
SUM 2020 – 5th Symposium on Urban Mining
MAY 2020, DATES ARE TO BE ANNOUNCED SUM 2020 - 5th Symposium on Urban Mining is a conference that covers topics such as: Municipal Solid Waste, commercial waste, industrial waste, WEEE, depuration sludge, municipal and industrial sewage sludge, demolition waste, food waste, waste tyres Sources and characterization of materials and energy resources in urban spaces Techniques of waste source separation Automotive Shredded Residues Takeback programs Criticality of the current system of separate waste collection Technologies for the extraction of materials…
Find out more »June 2020
WSF 2020 – The 8th World Sustainability Forum
The 8th World Sustainability Forum and the Sustainable Development Education Forum will be held from 1-6 June 2020 at the University of Basel, Switzerland. WSF2020 is an international scientific conference sponsored by the journal Sustainability under the patronage of the University of Basel, Switzerland and the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (UN SDSN).
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Funded bythe European Union