Maxime SCHIRRER, CNAM / LIRSA, France
This communication develops the idea that e-waste is the support of a new form of territorial development. The e-waste defined by the European Parliament concerns all major household appliances but also cell phones, screens, sensors, etc. Also, it is easy to understand the link with the smart city, because an important part of these e-waste is part of the value chain of components of the smart city's operating infrastructure.
However, at a time of a global shortage of raw materials for electronic components such as semiconductors, accentuated by a supply crisis during the Covid 19 pandemic, the question of the future of this e-waste is no longer just important, it becomes strategic.
In addition, this is also part of an environmental perspective around the reflection on the environmental footprint of digital. This implies that the city must change its nature : from territories of energy consumption and raw materials which feed digital equipment (IT, electronics, telecommunications), cities must become territories of production of secondary materials from used raw materials.
The development of urbanization has shown the limits to the growth of metropolization but also the dead ends in the development of peri-urbanization.
Thus, reflections on the circular economy and sustainable development must be responses to industrial reproduction but also to social and ecological crises. Consequently, the use of urban mines and e-waste could provide answers in industrial and environmental matters. In this perspective, what are the city's room for maneuver to initiate this type of development ?
Mots clés : urban mines|e-waste (electronicien waste)|urban planning|smart city|environment
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