“Digital Product Passports - Revolutionising Supply Chains” Special guests and Met4Tech Project Partners, iov42, delivered this fascinating talk, followed by a facilitated discussion. Talk topics: What was the problem iov42 were trying to solve for? Features / benefits of the steel Digital Product Passports (DPP) Short demo of the steel DPP prototype Their views on […]
“The Dynamics of Electric Vehicle Battery Circular Supply Chain: An Investigation” Delivered by our Met4Tech Researcher, Dr Krishna Mohan Thazhathu Valiyaveettil, followed by a facilitated discussion. Lithium-Ion Batteries (LIBs) form the principal power source and the cost component of Electric vehicles (EVs). The materials used in EVLIBs are termed critical due to their high technological importance, scarcity […]
“LCA Approach to Estimate Household’s Technology Metal Footprint” Sam’s life cycle analysis (LCA) work focuses on estimating the quantities of a comprehensive range of physical products UK households purchased and the waste generated between 2011 and 2020, including food and drink, EEE, textiles and more. This talk will delve deeper into WEEE and show you […]
“Tracing potential by-products Te, Bi and W through beneficiation at Björkdal Gold Mine, Sweden” Met4Tech Researcher, Lara Tritton, delivered this month’s talk, followed by a facilitated discussion. The transition to a net-zero world comes with vast material demands, which need to be met responsibly and with minimal environmental impact. Some of the critical or technology […]
Creating Policies for the Implementation of a Circular Economy for Chemicals in the UK Delivered by a guest speaker, Katie Lamb, who is a researcher from CircularChem. CircularChem is another circular economy centre from the NICER Programme, which Met4Tech sits within. Katie’s research is focussed on developing evidence-based policies for the implementation of a circular […]
Working Towards a Circular Value Chain for Cobalt Delivered by Tom Fairlie, Senior Sustainability Manager at the Cobalt Institute. Launched in 2022, the Cobalt Institute’s Circular Economy Work Programme investigates CE models across the entire cobalt value chain while providing actionable recommendations to achieve a sustainable and inclusive cobalt industry. Extraction, product design, and the […]
