LCA, material flow analysis, WEEE recycling, critical raw materials, traceability, CRMA, sustainability assessment, urban mining
Topic 2 – Targeting secondary sources to enhance access to raw materials
We offer to join a Topic 2 consortium as work-package partner (not coordinator) delivering the environmental and value-chain assessment WP: ISO 14040/44 and ISO 14067-compliant LCA/PCF of recovery routes (including prospective LCA at low TRL), material-flow analysis and secondary-supply potential modelling of CRM streams (REE/NdFeB, Ta, Ga, In, Ge, PCBs, semiconductors), criticality and supply-risk assessment, and alignment of project outputs with the CRMA, WEEE Directive, ESPR/Digital Product Passport and Battery Regulation, plus exploitation and dissemination support. German SME, fundable under the BMFTR national call (PtJ). We are particularly interested in consortia on WEEE-derived critical raw material recovery.
Lumin Advisory Sustainability Strategy UG is a Berlin-based SME consultancy at the intersection of critical raw materials strategy, life-cycle assessment and EU regulatory compliance, with offices in Rotterdam and İzmir. Founder: PhD on critical-metal recovery from WEEE (cotutelle TU Delft / Université Paris-Est); co-editor, "Critical Materials and Sustainability Transition" (Routledge/CRC Press, 2023); Expert Reviewer, EIT RawMaterials; prior senior roles at GE Grid, TE Connectivity, ERM and KPMG. Services: LCA/PCF, GHG accounting (Scopes 1–3), CRM material-flow and criticality analysis, WEEE recovery assessment, and EU regulatory alignment (CRMA, CBAM, CSRD, ESPR, EPR/PPWR, Battery Regulation/DPP). Active network across EU WEEE/CRM research consortia and industrial CRM users in the EU and Türkiye. www.luminsustainability.com