Subtask 5.2.2 Development of open source harmonised and referenced course in Green Electronics/6R circularity

EECONE will take part in increasing the awareness of e-waste and its environmental, social and economic impact for the future electronic workforce who are currently attending universities. Involved partners will develop an undergraduate elective course that will be offered in European universities. This course will cover the basics of LCA of electronics components, their environmental impact during their production, use and end-of-life handling, as well as the principles of circular economy. In particular, the focus would be on 6R framework, and how engineering efforts would better exploit 6R framework with demonstration of best practices obtained from EECONE partners who would be leveraging existing and/or EECONE’s proposed eco-design tool in WP3. Depending on the major of students, they will work on related projects that would expose design of electronics, implication of software on reliability, use-case optimization, repairment and refurbishment of electronics, and strategies for circular economy. The content of the course will be made available through the EECONE website to all Universities. As these students graduate and take positions in the electronics industry, the spread of e-waste awareness and best practices of eco-design would accelerate to achieve the e- waste reduction goal of EECONE. The Summer School implementation will be coordinated by OZU. INP-GRE, TUL, SAL and other partners will take part in the content development