Project: Recovery of lanthanides and other metals from WEEE

Acronym RECOLA (Reference Number: ELAC2015/T02-0830)
Duration 01/01/2017 - 01/01/2020
Project Topic Ourvision is to extend the ability of collecting information and technologies interacting with several actorscharacterized by complementary skills in the very challenging topic of the Waste Electrical and Electronicrecycle, supporting the EU vision of urban mining and circular economy byallowing to access information and processes up to know not available. This vision focused on the developmentof technologies for the recovery of strategic aterials, such as rare earths (REs), from the endoflifeelectricaland electronic equipment will allow to guarantee several key areas impacting our social life by reducingpollution, increasing personal safety and allowing green foundries involvement, with important economicbenefits and lower costs for the community.
Network ERANet-LAC
Call 2nd Joint Call on Research and Innovation

Project partner

Number Name Role Country
1 Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Partner Italy
2 Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research Coordinator Poland
3 Universidad de Buenos Aires-Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales / Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas Partner Argentina
4 São Paulo State University Partner Brazil
5 Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria Partner Peru