DESIRE4EU

DESIgning and REcycling sustainable Electronic boards for an EUropean circular economy

DESIRE4EU is set to revolutionize the electronics ecosystem by designing fully circular reliable bio-based electronic boards without affecting their performance. This ambitious shift promises to reduce the waste and pollution associated with electronics strongly.

Thanks to a holistic approach, we’ll develop novel and credible solutions for a responsible electronics value chain.

Relying on the interdisciplinary skills of our consortium partners, we aim to develop an alternative, innovative, and low-cost technology of bio-based substrates, increasing CM (Critical Materials) recycling using low-energy and low-pollution innovative bioleaching processes (TRL 1-4).

Project goals

Create new process, less polluting and less energy consuming, while recovering critical metals (CM)
Substitute currents PCB for fully bio-based PCBS
Create eco-friendly PCB assembly process compatible with actual manufacturing process
Define new design rules for bio-based PCBs to optimize critical metals recycling