Already two-years running ‘Circular Circuits’ project has reached an intense collaboration stage.
During the Annual meeting on 14 March 2025, more than 50 participants discussed the future of the e-waste. Extended results have been presented by PhD’s from Universities of Leiden, TU Delft, Radboud, Eindhoven, Erasmus University Rotterdam, TNO and Saxion. A long list of improvement options was prepared by the work packages which focus on different aspects of electronica: from lifecycles flows through lifetime extension technologies and design for sustainability, down to the dismantling and metallurgical recovery united by new business models for circularity.
The developments made by PhD’s are gradually being implemented by 17 non-academic partners.
New results on e-waste sorting, product design, sustainable PCB manufacturing, The collaboration across the whole supply chain is crucial to achieve zero-waste goals on industrial scale. The uniqueness of the project lies in the interdisciplinary and intersectoral interactions, which also attracts numerous master students, striving for the safe and climate-neutral future.
The project will make a pivotal contribution to the Dutch Government program ‘Netherlands Circular by 2050’, particularly for consumer goods and the manufacturing industry which are two of the five priority transition sectors.
