PEPR Recycling
Structure
To help you better understand the structure of the Recycling, Recyclability and Re-usability of Materials research program, this article contains an infographic showing the different axes and their relationships, as well as a list of associated keywords.
- ‘Plastics’ axis: sophie.duquesne@centralelille.fr / khalid.lamnawar@insa-lyon
Contaminants – Disassembly and dismantling of complex structures – Ternary recycling – Characterization tools, methods and modeling – Material flows, recycling scenarios and LCA – Product design - ‘Strategic metals’ axis: stephane.pellet-rostaing@cea.fr / y.menard@brgm.fr
Socio-economic and environmental assessment of strategic metals recycling – Development of separation methods – Unit processing operations for dissolution and recovery of strategic metals – Process modelling - ‘Composite materials’ axis: cyril.aymonier@icmcb.cnrs.fr / isabelle.capron@inrae.fr
Solvolysis recycling of organic matrix composites and functionalization of recycled fibers in a single-step process – Manufacture and characterization of a new generation of composites from recycled raw materials designed for recyclability - ‘Textiles’ axis: jannick.duchet@insa-lyon.fr / anne.perwuelz@ensait.fr
Materials-by-design approach at the molecular scale (polymers, bio-based materials, blends) – Safe and sustainable textile recycling and transformation processes – Safe and sustainable textile recycling through design at the textile object scale - ‘Paper-cardboards’ axis: nathalie.marlin@grenoble-inp.fr / fabienne.espitalier@mines-albi.fr
Upcycling of the accepted fiber fraction from cardboard recycling and recovery of fibrous rejects – Development of a new type of biorefinery from “urban forest”: recovered paper and cardboard – Cellulose and carbon aerogels from paper and cardboard recycling rejects – Recovery of recycling rejects by thermo-conversion – Environmental and economic impacts of the new processes and materials developed. - ‘Batteries’ axis: alexandre.chagnes@univ-lorraine.fr / emmanuel.billy@cea.fr
Understanding the value chain and market for battery-grade graphite and identifying the future role of recycled graphite – Multi-criteria decision system to assess the sustainability of battery raw materials – Contribution of attrition leaching to NMC treatment by dissolution/precipitation – Implementation of electrodialysis operations – Understanding the chemical and catalytic mechanisms of the oxidative precipitation process. - ‘NTE’ axis: etienne.bouyer@cea.fr / virginie.nachbaur@univ-rouen.fr
Short (and closed) loop recycling of permanent magnets – Recovery and reclamation of fluorinated polymers from membranes and platinum from fuel cells – Recovery and recycling of recoverable metals from photovoltaic panels - ‘WEEE’ axis: jean-christophe.gabriel@cea.fr / s.touze@brgm.fr
Knowledge and analysis of urban mining deposits – WEEE treatment processes – Implications of WEEE recycling strategies for resource accessibility and environmental impacts - ‘Household waste’ axis: ligia.barna@insa-toulouse.fr / yvan.chalamet@univ-st-etienne.fr
Innovative sorting for optimal separation of materials – Innovative preparations for wide reuse of materials: decontamination, de-inking – Modelling and systemic analysis – Dynamics of players and organisations – Regulations, standardisation - ‘SHS’ axis: jeanbaptiste.bahers@univ-nantes.fr / mathieu.durand@univ-le-mans.fr
Political and territorial ecology of recycling: Actors, territories and uses – Consumer behavior, actors, regulations and business models – Recycling practices and representations in the Anthropocene - ‘Digital’ axis: thierry.divoux@cnrs.fr
Digital twins – Signal and image processing – Internet of Things – Optimization – Artificial intelligence – Systems engineering
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