Critical Raw Materials Act

The difference between potentially recyclable and actually recoverable material is at the heart of the European FutuRaM project, which has measured this gap in terms of tonnes of critical raw materials lost — also highlighting the measures needed to reduce this waste

La differenza tra potenzialmente riciclabile ed effettivamente disponibile per il riciclo è il cuore del progetto europeo FutuRaM, che ha misurato questo gap in termini di tonnellate di materie prime critiche perdute. Indicando anche le misure da mettere in campo per ridurre questo spreco

Il progetto europeo FutuRaM mostra le miniere urbane come un potenziale disperso in milioni di prodotti, componenti e flussi. E indica dove intervenire per trasformare questo potenziale in approvvigionamento secondario effettivo

The European FutuRaM project highlights urban mines as a potential resource dispersed across millions of products, components, and waste streams. It also identifies where interventions are needed to turn this potential into effective secondary supply

Le stime arrivano dal progetto europeo FutuRaM: quanti RAEE produce l’Europa, quante materie prime critiche contengono e perché questo flusso va letto sempre più come una risorsa strategica

These estimates come from the European FutuRaM project and show how much WEEE Europe produces, how many critical raw materials it contains, and why this stream is increasingly considered a strategic resource

The goal of decarbonization and the energy transition will bring with it a massive amount of electrical and electronic waste. The European FutuRaM project provides some of the conceptual tools needed to ensure that this growth does not remain just a waste management issue, but also becomes a lever to supply energy—and critical raw materials—for the transition

Dependence on critical raw materials is not reduced solely through mining, trade agreements, or fast-track authorizations. It also requires building public and industrial capacity to understand the European “urban mine” as a strategic infrastructure