10 DESIGN FOR RECYCLING RULES, PRODUCT CENTRIC RECYCLING & URBAN/LANDFILL MINING

In this paper the link between classical minerals processing, product centric recycling and urban/landfill mining is discussed. The depth that has to be achieved in urban mining and recycling must glean from the wealth of theoretical knowledge and insight that have been developed in the past in minerals processing. Fast innovation in urban mining can be achieved by further evolving from this well developed basis, evolving the techniques and tools that have been developed over the years. This basis has already been used for many years to design, operate and control industrial plants for metal production. This has been the basis for Design for Recycling rules for End-ofLife products. Perhaps urban and landfill mining can also learn from this path. Using, among others, the UNEP Metal Recycling report as a basis, it is demonstrated that a common basis can help much to level the playing field between primary processing, secondary processing, recycling, and urban/landfill mining thence enhancing resource efficiency.

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