CARAMEL

Categoria: CARAMEL

  • 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.

  • 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…

  • Award for the microwave technology to recycle spent lithium-ion batteries

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    The Award Ceremony for the 5th edition of #makeITcircular took place on Friday, October 17, at “Spazio Civico 30”, the stage of Maker Faire Rome. The contest, promoted by Innova Camera (Special Agency of the Rome Chamber of Commerce) and the Consumer Associations of the National Council of Consumers and Users, aims to promote the…

  • Caramel presented during the REMHub project clustering session

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    The project was presented by the coordinator at the REMHub project clustering session, at the Milan Politecnico on October 1, 2025, with the aim to find some collaborations in the frame of critical raw materials recovery and propose new integrated solutions.

  • Turning Battery Waste into Solar-Powered Fuel: The Breakthrough of the CARAMEL Project

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    Newspapers highlighted on August 13th 2025, the revolutionary discovery by researchers at the University of Brescia could reshape how we think about both battery recycling and carbon dioxide utilization. Published on the cover of Green Chemistry (Royal Society of Chemistry), the study presents a new, sustainable approach to converting waste from end-of-life lithium batteries into…