NTU Singapore and the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission Launched Research Centre to Develop Innovative E-Waste Recycle Technologies

The new center, named the NTU Singapore-CEA Alliance for Research in Circular Economy (NTU SCARCE), will focus on four research thrusts that address the recycling and recovery of materials from common e-waste such as discarded lithium-ion batteries and printed circuit boards. This is CEA’s first research center outside of France. It will look at formulating advanced e-waste separation and extraction techniques that are more eco-friendly and energy-efficient than current methods. The National Environment Agency (NEA) of Singapore is supporting this NTU-CEA joint research center under the agency’s Closing the Waste Loop (CTWL) Research and Development Initiative. It will also support Singapore’s drive towards becoming a Zero Waste nation by finding ways to reduce consumption of materials, and reusing and recycling them to give them a second lease of life. With a strong focus on promoting sustainable industry processes, the SCARCE aims are also in line with NTU’s focus in sustainability research.