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Urban mining potential Offers significant environmental and ethical advantages Urban mining prevents impact from non-recycling, such as hazardous emissions and use on land Recycling mitigates environmental impacts of mining 16 • • Less land & water use, less pressure on ecosystem Lower energy consumption and lower CO2 footprint for majority of metals Umicore Hoboken produces 70,000 t metals/year emitting theoretically ~1M t CO 2 less than primary metal production Recycling also offers ethical sourcing possibilities • Supply chain transparency can be increased tonne CO 2 / tonne primary metal 10,000 200 10 0 ≈ ≈ Pt In Cu Au Pd Sn Ru Ag Co Source:Ecoinvent 2.0, EMPA/ETH- Zürich, 2007
Umicore flagship recycling plant in Hoboken, Belgium Umicore’s involvement
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Page 5 and 6: Increasing need for “technology
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