Outreach
SIM² KU Leuven not only communicates its results to academia and industry but is also actively involved in interacting with society and popularising its results. As such, SIM² KU Leuven is active through social media, blogging, youtube videos, promo videos, Wikipedia page improvement, local stakeholder activities, open door days, children university programmes etc. SIM² KU Leuven also has a wide network amongst journalists and regularly contributes to tv documentaries, newspaper articles, magazine articles, radio interviews etc. Examples can be found below. More information can be found through the various project and consortia websites.
I. Documentaries featuring KU Leuven
In this two-part documentary, Dirk Draulans was looking for Flemish cleantech innovation: high technology at the service of ecological sustainability. The documentary shows that ELFM is a part of the transition to a low-carbon, circular, resilient economy.
Dirty gold
Tegenlicht, the renowned Future Affairs program on the Dutch channel VPRO featured a unique documentary on landfill mining. Our waste is worth money. Recovering it has started up a new global industry. It appears to be the solution for many of our resource needs.
In this two-part documentary, Dirk Draulans was looking for Flemish cleantech innovation: high technology at the service of ecological sustainability. The documentary shows that ELFM is a part of the transition to a low-carbon, circular, resilient economy.
The first ever ELFM seminar in the European Parliament, organised by two Flemish MEPs (Vautmans & Demesmaeker) and EURELCO, featured speakers from four DGs (ENV, ENERGY, GROW and RTD) along with leading actors from industry, academia and public bodies.
II. Videos
Yiannis Pontikes, RECOVER project – 2018 EIT Innovators Award nominee
NEW-MINE – EU Training Network for Resource Recovery Through Enhanced Landfill Mining
EU MSCA ETN H2020 DEMETER Project.
European Training Network for the Design and Recycling of Rare-Earth Permanent Magnet Motors and Generators in Hybrid and Full Electric Vehicles (DEMETER).
COSMIC – European Training Network for Continuous Sonication and Microwave Reactors
Is there a hidden wealth in our landfills?
Greek scientists have developed a technology that allows them to obtain rare earth elements (REEs) from waste ore in an economical and environmentally friendly way.
RARE³ KU Leuven (Research Line 2 in SIM² KU Leuven) launched a brand new animation film on the zero-waste valorization of red mud (bauxite residue) landfills, featuring former MTV Star Ray Cokes. The film reveals how the red mud problem can be turned into a resource opportunity.
Results of IOF-KP SMaRT-Pro² Project.
