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Home Courses Waste Management and Critical Raw Materials Course materials Lectures 5.5.1 Substitution of materials

5.5.1 Substitution of materials

Course subject(s) Module 5. Resource efficiency by product design, production and substitution of materials

Substitution of critical raw materials is a very different way in dealing with shortage of these materials. In this video Maud Rio will introduce substitution of materials and will give an example with LED-lights.

https://youtu.be/7z4oYXaamq0

Main takeaways

  • Several CRMs might be used for the same application.
  • Using less critical materials may mitigate the issue of CRM.
  • Substitution may imply a transfer of impact from one material to another.
  • Example of lamp is given.

Some extra reading if you’d like to explore this topic further:

Pavel, C.C., Marmier, A., Alves Dias, P., Blagoeva, D., Tzimas, E., Schleicher, T., Jenseit, W., Degreif, S., Buchert, M., European Commission, Joint Research Centre, 2016. Substitution of critical raw materials in low-carbon technologies: lighting, wind turbines and electric vehicles. Publications Office, Luxembourg.

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