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Euro Green Chemistry 2019 Journal of Industrial and Environmental Chemistry | ISSN: 2591-7331 | Volume 3
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May 22-23, 2019 | Rome, Italy
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9th International Conference on
URBAN MINING, A SUSTAINABLE
BUT CHALLENGING SOURCE OF RAW
MATERIAL
I n a more circular economy the products of today should be part of
the raw material for the products of tomorrow. To reach this we need
to overcome a number of obstacles: Product design needs to take into
account reuse, repair and recycling. Present Extended producer responsi-
bility legislation does not give enough incentives; classification of waste
is based on contamination content, should be based on risk; monopolies
that only focus on reducing cost/maximize profit. Products and material
that has been used in society one time, often loses all of its value when it
becomes waste. In average <3% of the value is left. There are many rea-
sons for this, fashion and legislation, to avoid extreme down-grading of
waste by treating using energy recovery or landfilling, technologies like
feed-stock-recycling needs to be applied. In most applications biode-
gradable plastics are non-sustainable; bio based in most cases the oppo-
site. If a carbon atom is “black” or “green” does not make a big difference
if it is circulated in society, but the possibilities to do so are today very
limited.
Christer Forsgren, J Ind Environ Chem 2019, Volume 3
DOI: 10.4066/2591-7331-C2-010
Christer Forsgren has a background in Chemical
Engineering and has been working as a Manager
in different recycling companies for 30 years. He
is Adjunct Professor in Industrial Material Recy-
cling at Chalmers Technical University, Sweden.
He holds the Chair in the Taskforce, Waste and
Chemicals in the European Branch Organization
for Recyclers, EuRIC.
Christer Forsgren
Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
BIOGRAPHY
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