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1.2.2 Mining CRM’s

Course subject(s) Module 1. Urgency and challenges with CRM and waste

In this lesson Kamila Mascart looks at the mining of critical raw materials, its consequences, and which factors play an important trole in the availability.

Kamila Mascart has a background in environmental science and waste management. She is project manager at the Department of Green Chemistry and Technology at Ghent University. She participates in several EIT Raw Materials projects focussed on education and training of the businesses as well as students, for example, BusiSource (businesses as source of e-equipment for reuse, remanufacturing, refurbishing or recycling) and INNOMAT (course for various stakeholders on LCA, criticality and new (green) business models). At Ghent University, she also teaches practical courses on air pollution.

Main take aways:

  • The increasing demand for digital, IT, automotive and hi-tech products results in an increasing demand for critical raw materials.
  • Many European countries are dependant on the import of these materials from specific area’s outside the EU.
  • Environmental problems could be so significant, that mines are shut down, giving stress in the supply chain.

Some extra reading if you want to take this topic further:

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