Categoria: General news
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“Geographies of Instability – Flows Reshaping the World”
The coordination was invited to the event series “Geographies of Instability – Flows Reshaping the World”, held in Castrezzato as part of the 2026 edition of Presentimenti (April 15, 2026). This was a cycle of three public meetings aimed at exploring the major global transformations affecting contemporary society. The initiative addressees key issues such as…
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Young leaders in Energy and Sustainability annual conference
The coordinator presented the project in the frame of the YES-Europe (Young leaders in Energy and Sustainability) 2026 Annual Conference that was happened on 16th-18th April in Milan and Brescia. YES-Europe is a network fostering the role of young people in the energy transition and sustainability sectors, bridging local actions with European-level initiatives. This was…
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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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Research and innovation prize for the CARAMEL coordinator
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.
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The energy transition paradox
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 –…