Fraunhofer Research Institution for Materials Recycling and Resource Strategies IWKS

The research work of Fraunhofer IWKS focuses on the areas of resource cycles and efficient and sustainable resource strategies. The aim is to establish a closed cycle economy and to avoid waste by recovering and recycling valuable raw materials or replacing them with sustainable alternatives. To this end, innovative processes are being developed in the areas of functional materials (magnetic materials, energy materials, analytics) and secondary materials (urban mining, biogenic systems, material flow management). For resource-efficient handling of raw materials and materials.