Potential to offset mining for renewable energy through recycling [20119]

Project Member(s): Wakefield-Rann, R., Florin, N., Dominish, E.

Funding or Partner Organisation: Earthworks
Earthworks

Start year: 2020

Summary: The potential impact of recycling, reuse and circular economy solutions: Recycled minerals and the potential to offset new mining for clean energy. Current projections in EW/UTS report assume that feedstock comes only from clean energy sources. What if the feedstock was expanded to look at all sources, and at more favorable recycling and take back policies? Minerals recycling and reuse policies: Mapping recycling, take back and recirculation policies - can we compile a list of the strongest minerals recycling policies on paper, and the impact they’ve had, both mandatory (any size of jurisdiction) and voluntary (eg within a corporation or industry)

Publications:

Dominish, E, Florin, N & Wakefield-Rann, R Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney 2021, Reducing new mining for electric vehicle battery metals: responsible sourcing through demand reduction strategies and recycling, Sydney.

FOR Codes: Environment policy, Environmental Science and Management not elsewhere classified, Social Impacts of Climate Change and Variability, Environmentally Sustainable Energy Activities, Environmentally Sustainable Transport, Environmental Policy, Legislation and Standards, Environmental management not elsewhere classified, Social impacts of climate change and variability , Environmental policy, legislation and standards

Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.