Print Email Facebook Twitter Towards neodymium recycling Title Towards neodymium recycling: Analysis of the availability and recyclability of European waste flows Author van Nielen, Sander S. (Universiteit Leiden) Sprecher, B. (TU Delft Industrial Design Engineering; TU Delft Energie and Industrie) Verhagen, Teun J. (Universiteit Leiden) Kleijn, René (Universiteit Leiden) Faculty Industrial Design Engineering Date 2023 Abstract The world is facing a growing neodymium demand, creating the need for developing a recycling system to handle future waste flows. Recycling technologies are emerging, but the recycling system around them can only be established with knowledge about available end-of-life (EoL) products. Therefore, this study quantified neodymium waste in European countries using material flow analysis, and assessed the recyclability of major EoL products. For 2019, we find a waste flow of 7.7 kt Nd, consisting mostly of NdFeB magnets. HDDs represent a large current waste flow, while the demand for magnets in industrial applications is increasing. In the future, electric vehicle motors and wind turbines likely provide a source of neodymium with good recyclability. Consequently, there will be different product groups that determine the future waste volumes. To manage the changing waste flows, a neodymium recycling system should be developed with the product properties of future waste flows in mind. Meanwhile, the recyclability of products can be improved by addressing bottlenecks in the recycling chain. Subject NdFeB magnetsNeodymiumRecyclabilityRecyclingSubstance flow analysis To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:f132ddf3-1e81-4e81-bfba-cfbee1b48a60 DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.136252 ISSN 0959-6526 Source Journal of Cleaner Production, 394 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2023 Sander S. van Nielen, B. Sprecher, Teun J. Verhagen, René Kleijn Files PDF 1_s2.0_S0959652623004109_main.pdf 2.09 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:f132ddf3-1e81-4e81-bfba-cfbee1b48a60/datastream/OBJ/view