Raw materials & Eco-Innovation

3 International Partnerships

6 year plan and commitment

5 Projects €2million invest

Raw Materials @ UL

Urban mining

LCD/Votechnik

European Innovation Partnership

BRAVO

Raw Materials KIC

Innovation Business

Education

14 Priority Areas

Manufacturing Competitiveness

(L)

Process Tech and Novel

Materials (M)

Innovations (N)

Technologies to reduce costs, eliminate waste, drive resource efficiency & improve product quality for increased competitiveness

Enabling the Irish manufacturing base to transition into one with enhanced capabilities in processing technologies and materials science and engineering

Manufacturing base to innovate their business processes, business model innovation, supply chain and risk governance

Education and Learning

Urban Mining

• 2009 Awarded an EPA research project

• Automated recycling of LCDs

• Approx. 350,000 units of TVs are dumped every year

• New LCDs had no associated recycling technology

• WEEE Directive compliance

Technology Development

ReVolv

EC ReVolv Pilot Action

• State of art EC €1.6M pilot

for LCD recycling

• Location: Denmark

• Kick off: April 2015

Project Overview

ReVolv committee and Advisory Board

Steering committee Advisory board

DanWEEE DELL

University of Limerick ERA

WEEE Forum ERP

Votechnik Viridor

EPA Ireland

Supporters WEEE Ireland

Project Officer Van tech

Enterprise Ireland KMK

Environmental Protection Agency Cladil

Correns

• EU Aluminium Sector

• Innovations to market

• Secure EU CRM • EU jobs

Research

Innovation

BRAVO

Cooperation

Al-Source Al-Ore Al-Build

Al-Chain Al-Aware

Raw Materials KIC