Andreas Manhart

Special Expertise

Main areas of research:

• Circular economy, waste management and recycling
• Resource management
• Sustainable products and consumption

Topics:

• Circular economy
• E-scrap and battery recycling
• Resources and global material cycles
• Extended producer responsibility (EPR)
• Social and environmental standards in global value chains
• Sustainability cooperation with emerging economies

Methods:

• Evaluation and improvement of recycling processes
• Analysis of environmental hazard potentials in raw materials
• Benchmark assessments of secondary lead smelters
• Social Life Cycle Assessment (s-LCA)
• Product Sustainability Assessment (PROSA)

Key Projects

• Partnership on Responsible Battery and Metal Recycling (ProBaMet)
• Deep Seabed Mining, Minerals and Circularity - Scientific work on status-quo, projections, sustainability aspects, and alternative raw material supply concepts
• E-Waste compensation as an international financing mechanism in Nigeria
• Research & stakeholder engagement for improved management of used batteries in Africa
• Sustainable solutions for reducing plastic packaging in Asia
• Sustainable Recycling Industries (SRI)
• Marine litter and microplastics: Promoting the environmentally sound management of plastic wastes and achieving the prevention and minimization of the generation of plastic wastes
• Concepts for sustainable solid waste management
• E-waste Ghana: Enhancing capacities of informal sector stakeholders & payment system for e-waste
• Indo-German financial cooperation – scoping assignment solid waste management
• Strategic Dialogue on Sustainable Raw Materials for Europe (STRADE)
• Ghanaian-German Financial Cooperation (FC): Sound disposal and recycling of electrical and electronic equipment – feasibility study for the preparation of a new FC project
• Research on resource efficiency in the ICT sector
• The Lead Recycling Africa Project – standards for lead smelters: For a strong environmental movement in Africa

Professional Training and Career

• 2005-2008: Research Analyst for German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU), Berlin 
• Since 2005: Researcher at Öko-Institut, Sustainable Products & Material Flows Division
• 2003-2005: Member of staff on the “Mitigation of Geohazards – Urban Quality” development cooperation project of Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) in Indonesia
• 1999-2000: Academic year abroad, University of Edinburgh, Great Britain
• 1997-2003: Undergraduate studies in Geography, LMU Munich; degree: Dipl.-Geogr. (Diploma Geographer)

Language Skills

English, Indonesian, French