Service under Framework contract EEA/HSR/20/001-3 for the provision of expert assistance to support the European Environment Agency’s activities on circular economy and industrial transformation

Emerging waste streams – Challenges and opportunities

  • Kathrin Graulich
    Deputy Head of Division / Senior Researcher Sustainable Products & Material Flows
  • Peter Dolega
  • Christine Hermann
  • Andreas Manhart
    Deputy Head of Subdivision Circular Economy & Global Value Chain / Senior Researcher Sustainable Products & Material Flows
  • V Bilsen
  • Federico Bley
  • Emma Watkins
  • Thorfinn Stainforth

This report presents a series of policy options that could be implemented in the future to move towards the proper management and increased circularity of emerging waste streams arising from the renewable energy technologies discussed in this report, namely photovoltaics, wind energy and lithium-ion batteries for energy storage and electromobility.