No images? Click here What is CE-RISE?The Circular Economy Resource Information System (CE-RISE) is a EU-funded project aiming to optimise raw material reuse and recovery in electronic products. CE-RISE will develop and pilot an integrated framework and an ensuing resource information system to identify optimal solutions for the effective reuse, recovery, and/or recycling of materials through blockchain technology to explore the applicability of a Digital Product Passport (DPP) to five electronic items. CE-RISE annual event at Electronics Goes Green 2024The first annual event of the project, gathering nearly 80 participants both online and in person, took place at Electronics Goes Green on 17 June. Professionals from around the world headed to Berlin and joined our workshop focussing on how to optimise REuse, REpair, REcycling, REmanufacturing and REcovery of valuable resources in electronic products using Digital Product Passport. As our partners from the entire value chain presented their respective views and learnings from CE-RISE to date, participants of the conference were eager to find answers to many of their questions concerning the implementation of the Digital Product Passport:
Many of the valuable audience inputs will help the consortium shaping further work on CE-RISE, but one of the main findings for all was that DPP can only be functional if implemented together with new business models to create a fully circular eco-system. CE-RISE webinar on standardisationJoin our interactive workshop organised by TU Berlin, UNITAR, and the WEEE Forum on 28 June 2024! Participants will gain an understanding of the various protocols involved, explore different techniques for effective implementation, and learn about diverse approaches to measuring the so called RE-Criteria (reusability, repairability, repurposability, refurbishability, remanufacturability, and recyclability) in various contexts and across the value chain. Our session is designed to enhance knowledge and skills, enabling the application of RE-Criteria effectively. In the course of the workshop we will facilitate an open discussion about norms, standards, labels and certificates applied throughout the value chain for the assessment and verification of product circularity before entering a systematic process for their assessment and evaluation. Exclusive project updatesResults of our first stakeholder consultationProject partners from UNITAR have finalised a stakeholder consultation identifying DPP initiatives, and industry and consumers' requirements concerning DPP. Following the collection and filtering of legal documents, standards, labels, and certifications addressing RE-Criteria as well as socio-economic, and environmental (SEE) parameters, the analysis of their implementation by the industry is currently being finalised. Dataset inventoryUniversiteit Leiden and Empa have equally made an inventory of available public datasets that can be used to calculate the environmental footprints of pilot products. They are now occupied with improving the CE-RISE socio-economic and environmental impacts background dataset and are working on a procedure to calculate such impacts for pilot products from information in the DPP. CE-RISE Information SystemNILU alongside its contributing partners from Circularise, University of Oslo and ANSYS has been finalising the architecture description of the CE-RISE Information System. The internal digital infrastructure (code repositories, servers, etc.) for the development phase of the Information System has been already set up. Together with Circularise, the project's DPP service provider, and other CE-RISE partners they are in the exciting process of implementing a first version of the CE-RISE DPP data scheme. We look forward to the next steps in the project! Exclusive stakeholder news Consortium meeting at Leiden UniversityCE-RISE partners headed to the picturesque university town of Leiden in early June for the project’s third in-person consortium meeting. The first day of the meeting covered progress over the last six months and served as the perfect opportunity to discuss end-user proposals for functionality and the CE-RISE Information System’s modules and features including RE-Indicators and LCA method(s). Taking advantage of the interactive nature of in-person meetings, technical partners extended their stay to:
A special thank you to Leiden University for hosting the meeting! What's news in the DPP & Circular Economy sector?Learn more from our experts sharing their knowledge on a regular basis on our website:
CE-RISE joins International E-Waste Day 2024CE-RISE joins International E-Waste Day (IEWD), a global initiative organised by project partner WEEE Forum. This year's theme is focussing on unused electronics that people store in their homes without realising that these items contain valuable materials that could gain a new life. E-waste includes anything with a plug, cable, or battery, but the most often "forgotten" items are small electronics: old mobile phones, cables, USB keys, card readers, game consoles, and other devices that are often kept out of sight in drawers. This year's edition aims to inspire people to declutter their homes of unused or broken devices and either donate them for reuse/refurbishment or take them to the nearest collection point for recycling. By doing so, everyone can contribute to pollution reduction, resource conservation, and energy and CO2 savings. Have your say!Stakeholders’ contributions are crucial for the project! Our goal is to create a network that will provide feedback to enable us to understand end user needs, collect data, test outcomes and raise awareness through sharing results. |