The NEO-CYCLE project was launched last September and aims to demonstrate at TRL6 the sustainable upcycling of spent NdFeB magnets comings from hard disks drives (HDDs), reaching high quality end products for 4 case studies: pharmaceutical, ammonia, fertilizers, and polymers industries; and will include necessary paths to reach the market uptake.
To reach this aim, NEO-CYCLE involves all the relevant actors in the value chain. NEO-CYCLE consortium is a multidisciplinary team of 23 partners from 13 countries to be able to demonstrate the technical, economic, and social feasibility of the developed solution and bring it to the next level paving the market uptake. Each of them contributes to a core activity to the consortium and interacts with other partners in a direct way. The consortium is composed of 2 WEEE recycler SME companies, 4 public and non-public research organisations, 6 universities, 4 end-users that will demonstrate the viability of the upscaled processes as well as the validation of the obtained upcycled products, 1 SME company focused on sustainability assessments, 1 expert cluster in stakeholders’ engagement in materials value chains, 2 SME companies dealing with social participation, communication, dissemination and 2 NGOs for skills development and standardisation. Additionally, a public authority (Lombardy Region, REG) is also associated partner.
More specifically, in this project, Lurederra will act as nanoparticle developer to produce iron oxide-based nano-catalysts for ammonia production and Suzuki reaction, related to pharmacological compounds. Providing a second useful life for the recycled iron stream.
The Kick-Off meeting of the project was held in Seville, organised by the coordinator IDENER, and gathered all partners to establish and design technical and coordination activities; needed actions for the correct development of the project.
The project has also launched different communication channels to be updated of the news:
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/neo-cycle/posts/?feedView=all
- Website: https://neo-cycle.eu/
- X: https://x.com/neo_cycle