Modeling of stocks and flows of materials

• Material and energy flows of the Internet use in Switzerland
• Material flow analysis of the Swiss WEEE collection and recovery systems
• Modeling long-term global lithium stocks and flows
• Dynamic modeling of Indium and Mercury Flows in End-of-life flat panel displays
• Assessment of e-waste flows in developing countries
• Assessment of e-waste flows: a probabilistic approach to quantify e-waste based on world ICT and development Indicators
• Dynamic modeling of Indium and Mercury Flows in End-of-life flat panel panels displays
• China and Global Markets: Key environmental impacts of the Chinese EEE industry - a life cycle assessment study
• China and Global Markets: Copper Supply Chain Sustainable Development -  a life cycle assessment study

Resource efficiency of new technologies

• Identification of possible interventions for a more sustainable governance of scarce metals
• Development of a monitoring system for scarce raw materials in an optical industry company
• Determination of the environmental impacts of the Swiss WEEE collection and recovery systems
• Quantification of environmental impacts associated with different scarce metals supply scenarios
• Scarce technology metals – applications, criticalities and intervention options
• Scarce metals in electrical and electronic devices – occurrence and recovery technologies
• E-Scooters: Contributions to the diffusion and technical development of an energy efficient motorcycle

Recovery and reintegration of secondary material resources

• SWICO and SENS auditing and mass flow control
• Determination of the concentrations of substances regulated by the RoHS Directive in mixed plastics from WEEE
• Disposal of Flat Panel Display Monitors in Switzerland
• Swiss E-waste programme
• E-Waste management in Africa
• Sustainable Recycling Industries (SRI)

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