Interreg UniGR-CIRKLA

Action 1.1: Circular Road Show

This is a series of activities designed to raise young people's awareness of the environmental impact of our manufactured products, from the extraction of the resource to the management of end-of-life products. These multilingual events will take the form of educational packs and travelling exhibitions for distribution throughout the Greater Region. The main aim will be to raise awareness of the Circular Economy, the need to reduce consumption flows and the pre-eminence of repair and reuse over recycling.

Action 1.2: "Executive Education" in Circular Economy

Development of an Executive Education programme to impart Circular Economy skills to managers and business practices in the Greater Region. The focus is on "Twin transformation", to combine the use of technology and innovation with the circular idea of circular sustainability. The partners have different areas of expertise (e.g. RPTU: business models and circular innovations; ULiège: metals recycling; Greenable GmbH: life cycle carbon accounting, EIT RawMaterials: start-ups and raw materials), which can be offered in innovative digital teaching formats (e.g. Metaverse teamwork) across national borders and complemented by on-site formats. Thanks to digital technology, there are no barriers to student mobility. Once the project is complete, there are plans to set up an MBA on circular innovation.

Action 1.3: Doctoral Summer School in Circular Economy

Bringing together doctoral students from all disciplines in the Greater Region with the aim of training them in the multidisciplinary aspects of the Circular Economy of materials and the basics of entrepreneurship by asking them to solve a circular economy challenge proposed by an industrial partner. Adaptation to the specific characteristics of the Greater Region of an activity initially developed by "EITRawMaterials" (ULiège/UL).

Action 2.1: Buildings as Material banks

Creating a virtual model of a building in order to document all the qualities and quantities of construction materials and to take into account, right from the design stage, the reuse and recycling of the materials used and to show what is available. Exploring documentation and certification requirements to ensure optimum recyclability of basic materials.

Action 2.2: Reuse and Recycle - on the way to Circular Materials: Case Study Steel

Qualitative and quantitative "mapping" of material flows linked to the steel industry in the Greater Region and, consequently, identification of the main possibilities for influencing and potentially increasing their efficiency. Identification of new research topics in materials technology and partners in the Greater Region for effective technological optimisation solutions in the sense of potential circularity of the value chain. The complexity of the logistical and technical challenges of materials, but also energy and financial challenges of transformation in the steel industry towards the Circular Economy will require the complete processing of all data through consistent digitisation: the technical contributions of materials necessary for the construction of the digital twin for circular steel production will be provided.

Action 2.3: Repair, Reuse, Recycle Hubs

Organise the collection of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) in such a way as to encourage reuse and repair prior to recycling. Implement, in conjunction with collection companies, strategies for diagnosing and grouping waste streams. Encourage cross-border citizen repair initiatives (e.g. "repair cafés", etc.) and help with the supply or manufacture of spare parts.

Action 3.1: Knowledge Centre

Create a common understanding of the circular economy, present knowledge in a way that makes it more accessible to the public and gather information on regional players and activities in the field.

Action 3.2: Cross-activity communication measures

The cross-activity communication should help to raise the project's overall profile and publicise all its activities to the various target groups.

Action 3.3: Cross-border Circular Economy Innovation Community

Identification, visibility and networking of players in the Grande Région (e.g. start-ups, companies, research institutes, incubators, investors) who wish to promote the Circular Economy. Networking of stakeholders in a cross-border innovation community.

 

 

University of Liège (lead partner)

CRITT TJFU (Centre de Recherche d’Innovation et de Transfert de Technologie en Techniques Jet Fluide et Usinage)

UniGR a.s.b.l.

RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau

Université de Lorraine

University of Luxembourg

Saarland University

Trier University

htw saar

Belgium:

Pole MecaTech

Maison de la Métallurgie et de l’Industrie de Liège asbl

INTRADEL

 

Germany:

Peter Gross Bau

A.R.T. Zweckverband

Steinbeis Forschungszentrum „Material Engineering Center Saarland“

Weltkulturerbe Völklinger Hütte - Europäisches Zentrum für Kunst- und Industriekultur GmbH

East Side Fab e.V.

saarland.innovation&standort (saaris GmbH i.Gr.)

greenable GmbH

Science and Innovation Alliance Kaiserslautern e.V.

Ministerium für Klimaschutz, Umwelt, Energie und Mobilität (MKUEM) Rheinland-Pfalz

Bauforum Rheinland-Pfalz

SHS – Stahl-Holding-Saar GmbH & Co. KGaA

Ministerium der Finanzen Rheinland-Pfalz

 

France:

XARDEL DEMOLITION

EIT RawMaterials CLC Central

Interfaces EURODEV CENTER

 

Luxembourg:

Technoport S.A.

SOLID S.A.