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Metal Recycling
Innovation and Industry

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metal recycling our networks ANR GENERATE project with IRIS In 2020, IFPEN and the French Institute for International and Strategic Relations (IRIS) published their report on the research carried out as part of the GENERATE (Geopolitics of renewable energies and prospective analysis of the energy transition) project, financed by the
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Innovation and Industry

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METAL RECYCLING OUR solutIONS In the context of supply pressures and regulatory changes, developing metal recycling solutions becomes all the more relevant. Building on its R&D, IFPEN, in partnership with Axens and Eurecat, is able to provide a closed-loop solution to two application areas: catalysts and batteries. Metal catalyst recycling
Metal Recycling
Innovation and Industry

Metal Recycling
METAL RECYCLING Overview and challenges Technological innovations developed to support the energy transition make use of critical or strategic metals : These refined minerals and metals are used for: electric vehicles : cobalt, lanthanum, lithium; fuel cells : platinum, palladium, rhodium; wind energy technologies: neodymium, dysprosium, terbium; aviation : titanium
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Issues and Foresight

Soils, carbon sinks and climate players
Soils store carbon in the form of organic matter and release it as gas into the atmosphere, primarily in the form of CO2. When they store more than they release, they act as so-called “carbon sinks“. Therefore, soils can play a role in climate change mitigation strategies. Europe, spearheaded by France with its Low-Carbon label, encourages agricultural and forestry strategies promoting carbon storage in soils.
Water cycle management and climate change
Issues and Foresight

Water cycle management and climate change
Water resources are becoming scarcer as they come under increased human and climate pressure. Over-use, drought, pollution and eutrophication* are complicating management of the domestic water cycle, including in Europe, where one third of the territory is exposed to high water stress. How can we deal with this? As part
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Sébastien ROHAIS (PhD)

Sébastien Rohais is geologist from the Albert-de-Lapparent Geological Institute (IGAL, UniLaSalle, MSc 2002), MSc from the National School for Petroleum and Engines (ENSPM, IFPSchool, 2003), doctor
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John Armitage

Research Scientist | Geomorphology | Sedimentology | Earth Sciences
I have a diverse background in Earth Science. In 2009 I obtained my PhD in Geophysics from the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UK, with a focus on the geodynamics of the formation of
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Christophe PREUX

Head of Department, Physico Chemistry of Complex Fluids and Materials
Christophe Preux graduated from the MATMECA engineering school (+ DEA in applied mathematics) (2003) before completing his doctoral thesis at the University of Bordeaux 1 in partnership with the CEA
Issues and Foresight

Everything you need to know about plastic recycling
Plastic is an integral part of our daily lives and consumption habits and continues to be produced in massive quantities, causing more and more waste. It’s a complex situation that has prompted a range of regulatory responses around the world. In France and in Europe, regulations are primarily focused on
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Antoine FECANT

Research engineer / Project manager
Antoine Fécant holds an engineering degree from the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Chimie de Lille (2004) and a DEA (Master degree) from the University of Lille I the same year. He then obtained a PhD