Welcome,

To support the EU’s strategic autonomy, we are developing energy-, time- and resource-efficient processes for the Deep Recovery of Critical Raw Materials from electronic waste ('e-waste'). With this, we will add green chemical refining capacity to the EU and contribute to its necessary Critical Raw Materials resilience.

We are going to process e-waste in a much more sophisticated way

R&D

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
With the help of a grant from the European Commission and as part of an international consortium, we are working on the recovery of the elements Gallium, Germanium and Indium from waste displays and solar panels.

CEC

CIRCULAR E-WASTE CENTER
We are setting up a consortium of frontrunners for the collection, refurbishment, dismantling and refining of e-waste. All these processes will take place under one roof, so that knowledge and resources can be shared directly.

UMF

URBAN MINING FACTORY
We build on the knowledge of Circular Industries, but with a new and energy-efficient technology configuration for the maximum and sustainable recovery of (Critical) Raw Materials from discarded Printed Circuit Boards.

OSR

ON-SITE REFINERY
Based on the market need for on-site refining solutions, we are developing a modular containerized refining concept that can be deployed off-grid at the customer's location for processing their residual (industrial) waste streams.

There is still much to gain from electronic waste

110.000.000

E-wASTE WILL DOUBLE

E-waste is the fastest growing urban waste stream on Earth and is set to double. It grows from
50 million tonnes to 110 million tonnes per year by 2050.

2030

METAL DEMAND WILL DOUBLE

The energy transition increases the pressure on the metals markets. The demand for most energy metals will double and even triple by 2030. (Cu, Co, Li, Ni and Nd)

65%

ColLECTION HAS TO INCREASE

Within the EU, most countries do not achieve their obligatory
e-waste collection target of 65%.
The global collection rates of
e-waste are lagging at 20%.

Overview of the Critical Raw Materials
we target

From our Deep Recovery ambition, we want to recover at least 22 elements by means of a novel mechanical and hydrometallurgical process configuration. This is up to 5 times more than what is common in terms of recovering (Critical) Raw Materials from e-waste.

Some of these elements will normally not be recoverable from a business perspective, but we look at the total business case. By recovering the economically valuable metals, including the precious metals, we enable the recovery of the other metals. However, this is far from common practice in the metals and mining sector. For that reason, we want to become an example to others and claim a position as a leading (urban) mining exploration company.