CARAMEL

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  • CARAMEL presented in a Podcast

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    Gossip Green Podcast is an independent podcast that explores—with a critical yet accessible tone—the behind-the-scenes aspects of sustainability, ESG, and greenwashing, inspired by the narrative style of Gossip Girl. In the sixth episode, released in September 2025, the Caramel project was cited as a good example of sustainability in the energy sector.

  • Alberto Mannu presented the CARAMEL results in a USA conference

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    Alberto Mannu was invited to reports the CARAMEL results at the USA conference: https://ceramics.org/event/50th-international-conference-and-expo-on-advanced-ceramics-and-composites-icacc2026/ Daytona BeachFloridaUnited States. The title of the presentation was “Integrating innovation, safety, andsustainability in the recovery of strategic elements from Li-Ionbattery black mass” in the Section FS6 Innovative material processing fordiverse resource circulation loops (https://ceramics.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/ICACC26_Abstracts-4-1.pdf)

  • Great success for the PI proposal of an EU integrated centre of recycle.

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    The following paper has been published: Modular Strategies for Global Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling, Resources, Environment and Sustainability 2026; https://doi.org/10.3390/s25247689. The paper, expressing a viewpoint of the coordinator, argues that Europe’s lithium-ion battery recycling is held back by fragmentation—scattered capacities, non-harmonized routes, and weak comparability—which contributes to “black mass dependency” and significant exports of black mass, with…

  • Training course about valorization of end-of-life lithium batteries

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    On January, 12, 2026, a 3-hour training module was delivered by Alberto Mannu at Primo Levi secondary school of Milan to introduce participants to the valorization and recycling of end-of-life lithium batteries, a topic of growing scientific, technological, and environmental relevance. The CARAMEL technology was introduced. The session presented key concepts related to the lithium-battery…

  • Planet Art Camp event

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    On the morning of Thursday 15 January, at Palazzo Calini ai Fiumi in Brescia, the Brescia stop of the Planet Art Camp event take place, in its fourth edition. CARAMEL project was presented. Planet Art Camp is a project promoted by GreenPlanner that brings together science and art to raise awareness among new generations about…

  • Presentation of the Caramel results

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    Alberto Mannu had a presentation on December 5, 2025, reporting some CARAMEL results, with the title: “Le catene di valore nel contesto dell’economia circolare” for young students and PhD. This allowed students to be involved in the circular economy principles and the innovation Caramel proposes.

  • MYCS: young researchers working in Chemistry 2025

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    The coordinator was invited to have plenary lecture to the 24th edition of the annual event of Società Chimica Italiana (SCI) entirely dedicated to young researchers working in Chemistry to present CARAMEL project. This international conference cover all the disciplines of Chemistry and is fully oriented to young researchers, such as MSc and PhD students, scholarship holders and post-doc fellows, as…

  • Research and innovation prize for the CARAMEL coordinator

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    After a presentation about critical raw material recovery by the new mircowave-based technology, Elza Bontempi received a prize for her innovation work. The vent was on decembre 2, 2025 at the Teatro Grande di Brescia, during the event Galà dei Bilanci. The presentation, also reporting some CARAMEL results, is available here.

  • The energy transition paradox

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    A Perspective paper, written by the coordinator was published by Resources, Conservation and Recycling. It reports that the decline in ore grade is the cause of a sharp decline in energy efficiency and a corresponding increase in emissions due to a sublinear relationship between material abundance and production rates. In contrast, secondary raw materials –…

  • CARAMEL presented at the RENOVATE PUBLIC WORKSHOP: Battery Recycling in Lombardy event

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    This workshop (on October 23th, 2025) seeked to consolidate know-how, EU & locally funded projects, initiatives and research existing in the Lombardy region on battery recycling and to build the case for getting the necessary support for its development.It showcased what exists in the region, what has been achieved so far and debated what is…