DICE aims to develop and demonstrate novel, circular and environmentally sound solutions to design, collect, directly reuse, refurbish, remanufacture and recycle digital health devices (ePaper label, smart wearable sensor, smart pill box, endo-cutter), which will contribute to enabling a circular transition. Solutions will be implemented, tested and demonstrated in five healthcare ecosystems reflecting the geographical spread within Europe through community-engaged pilots in Norway, Belgium, Slovenia, Spain and Germany. DICE will contribute to mitigating the globally expanding health waste problem covering three material streams -electronics, plastics, metal- and alleviate shortage of critical and valuable raw materials, while protecting the health and safety of those involved in realising the circular economy. Exploitation of key outputs will be ensured by all partners throughout and after the project and will be further extended to adjacent sectors through existing networks and platforms within which the partners are represented.

 

IETU will be responsible for pre-assessment of DICE technologies for ETV. The objective for this task is to check the feasibility and the potential added value of verifying the performance of the technologies for refurbishment of the ePaper labels, sensor-based universal collection box technology, remanufacturing processes and technologies for the reuse of PCB from wearable devices, from the viewpoint of their readiness and eligibility for environmental technology verification (ETV) as well as ETV value in relation to the technology users and thus assist the technology providers in the potential future verification of these technologies under ETV as a support for their market entrance.

The approach will be based on the eligibility criteria defined in the EU GVP and ISO 14034 and focus on: i) the compliance with the proper definition of the intended application (matrix and purpose definition), ii) the definition of a market relevant and verifiable performance claim and how it can be verified with appropriate technical/functional, operational and environmental parameters, iii) the potential to meet stakeholders needs and regulatory requirements, availability and quality of the existing test protocols and test data, iv) inputs from other work packages.

 

Project partners:

• JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICA NV, Belgium (Coordinator)
• JANSSEN-CILAG BV, Netherlands
• JOHNSON & JOHNSON MEDICAL B.V., Netherlands
• UNIVERSITEIT GENT, Belgium
• WASTE OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICAL EQUIPMENT FORUM AISBL, Belgium
• FUNDACION ECOLEC, Spain
• RECUPEL VZW, Belgium
• THOMAS MORE KEMPEN VZW, Belgium
• TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT, Netherlands
• GAME SOLUTIONS LAB BV, Netherlands
• GRIN AS, Norway
• RUHR-UNIVERSITAET BOCHUM, Germany
• PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NEDERLAND BV, Netherlands
• FUNDACION INTRAS, Spain
• Regionalna razvojna agencija za Podravje – Maribor, Slovenia
• COPENHAGEN BUSINESS SCHOOL, Denmark
• EKOSIJ D.O.O., Slovenia
• INSTYTUT EKOLOGII TERENOW UPRZEMYSLOWIONYCH, Poland
• MIREC BV, Netherlands

 

Project implementation period: 2022 -2026

Total budget: € 9 210 393.54

EU contribution: € 7 762 290.25

Agreement number: 101060184

Project Coordinator at IETU: Izabela Ratman-Kłosińska, e-mail:

Project website: https://circulardigitalhealth.eu/

 

Funding source:

Topic: HORIZON-CL6-2021-CIRCBIO-01-04 - Increasing the circularity in textiles, plastics and/or electronics value chains
Call: HORIZON-CL6-2021-CIRCBIO-01 - Circular economy and bioeconomy sectors
Funding scheme: HORIZON-AG - HORIZON Action Grant Budget-Based