Collaborative Research and Training Experience in Sustainable Electronics and Eco-Design (CREATE SEED)

Mission

To promote sustainability in the electronics industry, a paradigm shift needs to occur in its economic practices from linear to circular. 

Recycling & Urban mining

The presence of valuable metals in the WEEE stream constitutes economic opportunities for the recycling industry. There is 100 times more gold in a ton of mobile phones than in a ton of gold ore. The material value alone is worth $62.5 billion.

Waste electrical & electronic equipment (WEEE)

According to the Global E-Waste Monitor 2020*, 53.6 Mt of E-Waste has been produced worldwide in 2019 and this amount is expected to reach 74.7 Mt by 2030.

*V. Forti, C. P. Baldé, R. Kuehr and G. Bel, The Global E-waste Monitor 2020: Quantities, Flows, and the Circular Economy Potential, 2020, 1-119

Sustainable Electronics

Design by bringing together the best of Conventional Inorganic Electronics and Emerging Organic Technologies.

Circular Economy

To promote sustainability in the electronics industry, a paradigm shift needs to occur in its economic practices from linear to circular.

A team of eleven professors from six Canadian universities and more than 30 Quebec, Canadian and international academic and industrial collaborators, has received funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) for the Collaborative Research and Training Experience in Sustainable Electronics and Eco-Design (CREATE SEED) initiative, where Prof. Clara Santato is principal investigator. In this program, student interns and researchers will address issues related to electrical and electronic equipment waste (also known as WEEE or e-waste), improvement of currents practices in electronics and electronics eco-design.

We acknowledge the support of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada (NSERC).

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Press Review

Déchets électroniques : vers de nouveaux circuits de recyclage
October 9, 2020, Quartier Libre
Clara Santato, professeure titulaire au Département de génie physique de Polytechnique Montréal, discute du programme de recherche et de formation collaborative en électronique et en écoconception durables CREATE SEED dont elle est l’instigatrice.
Est-ce possible de fabriquer des produits électroniques plus durables?
August 25, 2020, Ici Radio-Canada Première
Est-ce possible de fabriquer des produits électroniques plus durables? Entrevue avec Clara Santato, professeure titulaire au Département de génie physique de Polytechnique Montréal.
Déchets électroniques : une mine d'or cachée
August 17, 2020, Québec circulaire
Polytechnique Montréal démarre un programme pancanadien de recherche et de formation collaborative en électronique et en écoconception durables.

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november 5, 2020
First online interactive workshop

First online interactive workshop

july 5, 2020
Two of  Polytechnique’s professors receive $1.65 M in funding to support innovative mentorship program

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Two of Polytechnique’s professors receive $1.65 M in funding to support innovative mentorship program

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Press review

october 9, 2020 - Quartier Libre

Déchets électroniques : vers de nouveaux circuits de recyclage

Clara Santato, professeure titulaire au Département de génie physique de Polytechnique Montréal, discute du programme de recherche et de formation collaborative en électronique et en écoconception durables CREATE SEED dont elle est l’instigatrice.

august 25, 2020 - Ici Radio-Canada Première

Est-ce possible de fabriquer des produits électroniques plus durables?

Est-ce possible de fabriquer des produits électroniques plus durables? Entrevue avec Clara Santato, professeure titulaire au Département de génie physique de Polytechnique Montréal.

august 17, 2020 - Québec circulaire

Déchets électroniques : une mine d'or cachée

Polytechnique Montréal démarre un programme pancanadien de recherche et de formation collaborative en électronique et en écoconception durables.

Press review