The NEST unit ’Urban Mining & Recycling’ consists only of materials that can be reused, recycled or composted after dismantling.
The NEST unit 'Urban Mining & Recycling' consists only of materials that can be reused, recycled or composted after dismantling. The circular economy is gaining a foothold in more and more areas: Some have already established business models, in others it is only visible in visionary pioneering projects. Where are the hurdles to a functioning circular economy, and how can they be overcome? Questions like those were discussed among the participants of the CE2 Lab on 23 June 2020 organized by the Swiss Economic Forum, Empa and the Swiss National Research Program "Sustainable Economy" (NRP 73). "Actually I would have liked to welcome you at Empa," said Roland Hischier at the beginning of his talk. Instead, the head of the Empa research group "Advancing Life Cycle Assessment" spoke to the 40 participants of the CE2 Lab last Tuesday via video conference. COVID-19 caused the event to be moved into virtual space. Nevertheless, a lively discussion developed between participants - most of them experts who deal with sustainability issues or circular economy by profession - during the course of the approximately one and a half hour event.
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