ProSUM project results
The ProSUM project delivered the first Urban Mine Knowledge Data Platform, accessible at http://www.urbanmineplatform.eu/homepage, a centralised database of all available data and information on arisings, stocks, flows and treatment of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE), end-of-life vehicles (ELVs), batteries and mining wastes.
Until the development of the Urban Mine Knowledge Data Platform, the data on critical raw materials was produced by a variety of institutions including government agencies, universities, NGOs and industry and lay scattered in different databases, formats and reports which were difficult to compare or aggregate. ProSUM changed all this.
The availability of primary and secondary raw materials data, easily accessible in one platform, provides the foundation for improving Europe’s position on raw material supply. ProSUM provides data for improving the management of these wastes and enhancing the resource efficiency of collection, treatment and recycling.
The project started in January 2015 and concluded in December 2017. It was funded by the European Union and the Swiss Government.
