At the EU Green Week in Brussels next month, 6 European Union-funded projects will band together to share their cross-sectoral knowledge on the practical application of digital and AI-driven solutions to enhance sustainability, reduce waste and drive strategic autonomy in industrial sectors.
We are pleased to announce RECLAIM Project’s participation at the EU Green Week 2025, a prestigious European annual environmental conference, on June 4 as part of the REACT Cluster event titled “Circular Economy In Action: Rethinking Resources for a Greener Future”. (Register here)
The EU Green Week is a yearly European environmental conference in Brussels that aims to provide solutions to Europe’s most pressing challenges.
This year’s EU Green Week will explore the intersection of three C’s, namely Clean, Competitive and Circular to drive competitiveness through innovation, reduce waste and increase Europe’s strategic autonomy in the face of rising global challenges.
To this end, 6 EU-funded projects working in different industrial sectors have joined forces to form the REACT Cluster, which stands for “Resource Efficiency and Automation for Circular Transformation”. The REACT Cluster consists of ALCHIMIA Project, CLARUS Project, DARROW Project, RECLAIM Project, GRINNER Project, and Wood2Wood Project.
These cross-sector projects aim to unlock new value in circular economy strategies, from AI-powered municipal waste sorting (RECLAIM) and scrap steel analysis (ALCHIMIA), to smarter wastewater treatment (DARROW), robotic WEEE sorting (GRINNER), sustainability performance measurement (CLARUS), and wood waste cascade valorisation upcycling approaches (Wood2Wood).
Put together, these European initiatives will advance circular economy solutions powered by AI, data, robotics to demonstrate the concrete steps European research community is taking to transform environmental challenges into industrial opportunities.
The event will be moderated by Anna Brekine, Project Manager from Mandat International, on behalf of ALCHIMIA Project.
Agenda Highlights
- ALCHIMIA Project
Intelligent Scrap Management for Enhanced Circularity to Produce Quality Steel
🗣 Irene GarcÃa MartÃnez (CELSA Group) & Bernd Kleimt (VDEh-Betriebsforschungsinstitut GmbH) - RECLAIM Project
Next-Gen Decentralised Waste Sorting with a Portable Robotic MRF
🗣 Michalis Maniadakis (FORTH) - 🗣 Fredy Raptopoulos (Robenso)
- GRINNER Project
How Can AI Tackle the Challenge of Battery-Related Fires in E-Waste Recycling Facilities?
🗣 Antonis Porichis (University of Essex) - CLARUS Project
Promoting AI-Driven Sustainability and Traceability in the Food Industry
🗣 Ludovica Miele & Francisco Fraile (CIGIP-UPV) - DARROW Project
AI-Based Tools for Everyday Operation of Water Resource Recovery Facilities
🗣 Beñat Elduayen-Echave (Ceit-BRTA) - Wood2Wood Project
A Wood-to-Wood Cascade Upcycling Valorisation Approach
🗣 Akrivi Korba (ICCS-I-Sense)
If you’re curious about the future of data-driven innovation in industry—this is where it begins.
The event is part of the official programme of the EU Green Week, an annual event organised by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Environment. The purpose of the event is to raise awareness in order to promote and discuss European environmental policy with stakeholders, such as policymakers, businesses, industries, European projects and other interested parties from across Europe.