Remanufacturing and cascaded use, 2016-2017

waste catalytic converters

Automobile catalytic converters are a major use of valuable platinum group metals. Photo credit: Steven B. Young

Critical resources and raw materials use in vehicles; recycling and remanufacturing

Academic exchange with the Cascade Use project at University of Oldenburg (Germany)

Project contributors

Steven B. Younga,bAlexandra PehlkencMatthias Kalverkampa,b,c

aWaterloo Industrial Ecology Group

bSchool of Environment, Enterprise and Development

cUniversity of Oldenburg (Germany)

Funding and support

German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) with funding from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)

Last updated: October 18, 2020