Electrical and Electronic Designers can discover the latest developments in Design for Recycling (DfR) of electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) and how to design for circular plastics, metals and Critical Raw Materials (CRMs). Follow the updated Massive Open Online Course  Designing Electronics for Recycling in a Circular Economy. It’s a result of a cooperation of the TU Delft, Rijkswaterstaat and Partners for Innovation. It has opened recently and is for free.

A completely new element in this course is the module for Critical Raw Materials. CRMs are of crucial importance to both the green and digital transitions and can be found in virtually every electronic product. As such, global demand for these materials will continue to increase drastically. Recycling is an essential process to decrease dependencies on primary material extraction and to ensure a sufficient future supply of CRMs. Yet existing recycling technologies have their limitations and current electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) is often not designed to be recycled. For designers of electronic products, it can be difficult to understand how their design choices affect the recyclability of their product and how they can best optimise their designs for recycling.

Therefore, it’s essential to teach designers and engineers how to design electrical and electronic equipment for the efficient and effective recycling of metals and critical raw materials.​

Look here for more information or contact Flora Poppelaars or Jos Vlugter.