Cobalt in end-of-life products in the EU, where does it end up? - The MaTrace approach.

ABSTRACT: The use of cobalt has experienced a strong growth in the last decades. Due to its high economic importance and high supply risk, it has been classified as a critical raw material for the EU and other economies. Part of the EU's strategy is intended to secure its availability, through fostering its efficient use and recycling. The latter is affected by factors such as the amount of available end-of-life products, and their collection-to-recycling rate. A novel methodology to analyze the impact of these factors on the cobalt flows in society is the model MaTrace, which can track the fate of materials over time and across products. The MaTrace model was expanded, adapted, and applied to predict the fate of cobalt embedded in finished products in use in the EU, considering the underlying life

SUBMITTER: Godoy Leon MF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7185230 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature