Supply chains for cities are currently challenged due to geopolitical conflicts and general resource scarcity of substantial raw materials. One currently discussed strategy to reduce the dependency of external supply is a relocalization of production facilities to cities enabling local secondary raw material extraction integrated in Circular Economy value creation chains. Urban regions offer the potential for the installation of circular and secondary raw material factories because of the concentration of waste- and byproducts, which can reduce transport efforts. The installation of urban factories is however highly dependent on the economic feasibility as well as the acceptance of the local environment. One critical source for the retrieval of critical raw materials are e-wastes. The current retrieval of these critical raw materials from e-wastes is connected to high spatial requirements and production volumes. These characteristics would hamper an installation in urban areas. Current literature provides different approaches with the intention to adapt e-waste treatment to these special conditions. To assess which of these are suitable for utilization in urban environments, this paper provides an analysis of their possibility to generate an urban fit. To do so, criteria containing ecologic, social, and economic, technological indicators are defined and an assessment of the suitability is conducted.

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Technologies and Concepts for E-Waste Treatment in Urban Secondary Raw Material Factories

  • Kolja Meyer,
  • Severin J. Görgens,
  • Christoph Persch,
  • Klaus Dröder,
  • Christoph Herrmann

摘要

Supply chains for cities are currently challenged due to geopolitical conflicts and general resource scarcity of substantial raw materials. One currently discussed strategy to reduce the dependency of external supply is a relocalization of production facilities to cities enabling local secondary raw material extraction integrated in Circular Economy value creation chains. Urban regions offer the potential for the installation of circular and secondary raw material factories because of the concentration of waste- and byproducts, which can reduce transport efforts. The installation of urban factories is however highly dependent on the economic feasibility as well as the acceptance of the local environment. One critical source for the retrieval of critical raw materials are e-wastes. The current retrieval of these critical raw materials from e-wastes is connected to high spatial requirements and production volumes. These characteristics would hamper an installation in urban areas. Current literature provides different approaches with the intention to adapt e-waste treatment to these special conditions. To assess which of these are suitable for utilization in urban environments, this paper provides an analysis of their possibility to generate an urban fit. To do so, criteria containing ecologic, social, and economic, technological indicators are defined and an assessment of the suitability is conducted.