This paper reviews findings on the (potential) impacts of the digitalisation (or “digital
transformation”) on the environment, with a focus on non-energy impacts. We understand …

Since January 2022, Sustainable Cycles (SCYCLE) has been a programme under the
United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) Division for Planet. SCYCLE's …

Economic and environmental considerations have elucidated research interests on the best
approach to managing electronic waste (e-waste), which has increasing social …

The world is facing a growing neodymium demand, creating the need for developing a
recycling system to handle future waste flows. Recycling technologies are emerging, but the …

Abstract The Geopolitical Supply Risk method, originally developed by Gemechu et
al.(2016) and subsequently extended by Helbig et al.(2016a) and Cimprich et al.(2017 …

One key strategy which can be used to promote a Circular Economy is 'reuse'. This is
particularly relevant for Electrical and Electronic Equipment due to its often rather short use …

Abstract Currently, in the European Union (EU), e-waste chain performance is assessed by
technical indicators that aim to ensure system compliance with collection and recovery …

The installed data storage capacity in the US will reach 2.2 Zettabytes by 2025, generating
about 50 million units of end-of-life (EOL) hard-disk drives (HDDs) per year. Due to data …

Circular measures such as long-life designs, reuse, repair and recycling have been
suggested for prolonging scarce metal life cycles and reducing the dependence on primary …

The paper presents and analyses the REAPro Research programme led at the JRC that
allowed the Commission to move from the formulation in 2011 of a general policy need to …