Categoria: CARAMEL
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Lombardy Energy Cleantech Cluster day
The coordinator participated to the Lombardy Energy Cleantech Cluster dissemination day on April 14, 2026. She presented the project activities, in the frame of a conference day dedicated to energy transition.
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𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘁’𝘀 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 – 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝗦𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿
The seminar addressed the challenge of managing end-of-life lithium-ion batteries, driven by the rapid expansion of electric mobility and portable electronics. Prof. Bontempi presented innovative pyrometallurgical strategies based on hybrid microwave-assisted carbothermic processes for the selective recovery of strategic metals from spent batteries. Friday, April 10th, 2026 – 14:30
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A new cover of Green Chemistry Journal
The paper “Assessing the sustainability of solvometallurgy forvblack mass processing– the LEACH (Low-impactvExtraction and Assessment of CHemicalvsolvometallurgy) tool” was selected for the Green Chemistry Cover Page
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Celebrating International Women’s day 2026: Women in green chemistry
Prof. Bontempi has been identified by Royal Society of Chemistry as an outstanding woman advancing research in green and sustainable chemistry, in celebration of International Women’s Day 2026. Indeed, to celebrate International Women’s Day 2026, RSC has highlighted some of the excellent women conducting research in green and sustainable chemistry, including one paper developped in the…
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CARAMEL presented at the Battery Stage @ KEY 2026
CARAMEL was presented by Francesca Bianchi at the Battery Stage @ KEY 2026, in a dedicated session within KEY – The Energy Transition Expo 2026. This is one of Europe’s leading events focused on energy transition, sustainable technologies, and electrification, held from March 4 to 6 at the Rimini Expo Centre in Italy. At the…
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Great success for the PI proposal of an EU integrated centre of recycle.
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…
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Training course about valorization of end-of-life lithium batteries
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…
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Planet Art Camp event
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…
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Presentation of the Caramel results
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.
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MYCS: young researchers working in Chemistry 2025
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…