Horizon Europe project: UPCYCLING OF NdFeB MAGNETS IN THE EU FOR GREEN APPLICATIONS (NEO-CYCLE, No. 101138058).
Horizon Europe project: UPCYCLING OF NdFeB MAGNETS IN THE EU FOR GREEN APPLICATIONS (NEO-CYCLE, No. 101138058).
Duration: 48 months (2024 09 01 – 2028 08 31)
Project coordinator: IDENER RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT AGRUPACION DE INTERES ECONOMICO, Spain
VMU coordinator: assoc. prof. R. Dagiliūtė
The NEO-CYCLE project aims to demonstrate breakthrough technologies for the sustainable upcycling of spent Neodymium-iron-boron (NdFeB) magnets comings from hard disks drives (HDDs), reaching high quality end products for 4 case studies: pharmaceutical, ammonia, fertilizers, and polymers industries; and includes necessary paths to reach the market uptake. To reach this aim, NEO-CYCLE involves all the relevant actors in the value chain, from public authorities to recycling companies of waste of electric and electronic equipment (WEEE), technology developers, associations, NGOs, SMEs and commercial companies in the targeted sectors.
Project activities cover Solid-State Chlorination, Electrochemical and purification processes at TRL6 to separate Nd, Fe and B, upcycling approaches for Nd, Fe, and B and validation of the final products, processes and products digitalisation, including digital twins and digital product passport, sustainability assessments, standardisation roadmap, stakeholder engagement, new business models and training courses to promote inclusion and new jobs in the value chains.
More on the project activities: https://NEO-CYCLE.eu/
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