If we want to achieve the goals of a sustainable society and climate neutrality by 2045, a largely closed-loop recycling economy is indispensable as one of the many adjusting screws. At present, only 14% of so-called secondary materials and resources - raw materials recovered by reprocessing (recycling) from disposed materials - are returned to the economy. Promising approaches to realizing this will have to go beyond pure disposal solutions, start much earlier in the production process and, for example, include consumer decisions to a greater extent than has been the case to date. The goal must be to avoid waste as much as possible and to create a far more resource-efficient circular economy.

In the TUD Lecture on March 28 at 6:00 p.m., Prof. Christina Dornack will present how these goals currently stand and how the circular economy can be implemented in the future. Prof. Dornack heads the Institute for Waste and Circular Economy and is Vice Dean of the Faculty of Environmental Sciences. She also currently advises the German government on the German Advisory Council on the Environment (SRU). Her research includes material flow and CO2 balancing, recycling processes and circular economy strategies. The event will be moderated by the RepairCafé of the TU Dresden, which is being established in the summer semester.

The RepairCafé Dresden/Freital initiative is building a self-repair workshop together with volunteer students and employees of TU Dresden. Starting in May 2022, there will be regular appointments in the SLUB Makerspace, where devices, clothing and other commodities can be repaired with the help of the volunteers on site. The help is free of charge and can be used by anyone.

The event will take place digitally and can be accessed via this link.