Objective:

More and more vehicles are using CRM for increasingly technical components. Included materials are not recovered on a large scale because the ELV sector often lacks knowledge on which components to dismantle and how. CRM-ELV combines ELV and WEEE recycling knowledge to provide material for 5 vocational training courses for ELV recyclers. Outcomes will be integrated into the Intern. Data Mgmt System and set economic incentives to increase CRM recovery.

The solution (technology):

Materials such as gold, silver, palladium etc. are generally not yet recovered on a large scale because the ELV sector is often lacking the specific knowledge on which components to dismantle and how. The main objective of this project is to combine ELV and WEEE recycling knowledge and to provide vocational training material for end-of-life vehicle recyclers, which will be tested in at least 5 end-of-life vehicle recycling workshops. This will set economic incentives to increase the recovery of precious metals.

Partners:

Wuppertal Institut fuer Klima, Umwelt, Energie GmbH (Wuppertal Institute), Germany (Lead Partner)
bvse Associations Sekundärrohstoffe und Entsorgung e.V., Germany
Kaerger, Germany
Technische Universiteit Delft (Delft University of Technology), Netherlands
Teknologian tutkimuskeskus VTT (Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd. VTT), Finland

For more information, please visit the project website.