This topic focuses on sustainable resource management, which covers the process chains and the entire raw materials cycle from extraction, treatment and processing through to the various forms of use and reuse. The aim is to proactively ensure the supply of requisite raw materials to industry.
Priority is given to the extraction of primary raw materials and to technologies for the recovery and treatment of secondary raw materials. Further major issues concern savings potential through resource-efficient use of raw materials, substitution possibilities, and treatment of waste products. Regulatory frameworks and consumer behaviour are the key to implementing a holistic approach to the sustainable use of resources. This is yet another field where DECHEMA offers a platform for ongoing scientific exchange and application-oriented information.
Summary of the position paper "Waste Incineration in the Future" of the DECHEMA expert group "Waste Treatment and Recycling" (March 2022)
Current Projects - national:
KuRT_Plus - Networking and transfer project to the funding measure „KuRT - Resource-efficient Circular Economy – Plastic Recycling Technologies“ of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (2023-2027)
Research Project "ReNaRe - Recycling: Sustainable use of resources" of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research as part of the technology platform H2Giga (2021-2025)
Current Projects - European:
H2020 Project "CIRCULAR FOAM - Systemic expansion of regional CIRCULAR Ecosystems for End-of-Life FOAM" (2021-2025)
Horizon Europe Project "H4C Europe - Building a European Community of Practice of Hubs for Circularity" (2022-2026)
Horizon Europe Project "METALLICO - Demonstration of battery metals recovery from primary and secondary resources through a sustainable processing methodology" (2023-2026)
Completed Projects :
ReQ+ - Networking and transfer project to the funding measure "RES:Z - Resource-efficient urban districts for the future" of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (2018-2025)
H2020 Project "Sea4Value - Development of radical innovations to recover minerals and metals from seawater desalination brines" (2020-2024)
RessWInn - Networking and transfer project to the funding measure "ReziProK - Resource-efficient Circular Economy - innovative product cycles" of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (2019-2023)
Research Project "ConCirMy - Configurator for the Circular Economy" of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (2019-2022)
Research Project "ChemRecPolymer - Scalable, flexible pyrolysis technology for mixed plastic fractions" of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (2021-2022)
Pilot Project "KUBA - Sustainable Plastics Value Chain: Pilot Case Plastics in Construction Industry and Buildings" of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (2018-2020)
