{"id":6089,"date":"2026-01-29T11:04:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T10:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esmfoundation.org\/?p=6089"},"modified":"2026-01-29T11:04:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T10:04:29","slug":"urban-mining-cooperation-with-the-eu-niche-strategies-interview-with-alessa-hool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esmfoundation.org\/en\/2026\/01\/29\/urban-mining-cooperation-with-the-eu-niche-strategies-interview-with-alessa-hool\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban Mining, Cooperation with the EU, Niche Strategies: Interview with Alessa Hool"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It is unrealistic to expect Switzerland to become self-sufficient. Instead, it should focus on \u2018smart dependence\u2019. In the last part of the series, Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences (SATW) expert Alessa Hool explains the role that recycling, European cooperation and Swiss innovation can play, and where urgent improvements are needed. She highlights the potential of urban mining and the circular economy, explains why closer ties with EU initiatives would be beneficial, and outlines the technological strengths Switzerland can bring to the table. Her conclusion: it takes more than just good intentions \u2013 it requires a systematic database and a clear strategy.<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.satw.ch\/en\/news\/urban-mining-eu-cooperation-niche-strategy-how-switzerland-can-strengthen-its-security-of-supply?setLang=1\">Read the interview<\/a><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This article is part of a series of interviews with Alessa Hool, Managing Director of the ESM Foundation and expert at the SATW Sustainable Circular Economy Platform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is unrealistic to expect Switzerland to become self-sufficient. Instead, it should focus on \u2018smart dependence\u2019. In the last part of the series, Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences (SATW) expert Alessa Hool explains the role that recycling, European cooperation and Swiss innovation can play, and where urgent improvements are needed. She highlights the potential of&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/esmfoundation.org\/en\/2026\/01\/29\/urban-mining-cooperation-with-the-eu-niche-strategies-interview-with-alessa-hool\/\" class=\"excerpt-read-more\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":395,"featured_media":6087,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_ti_tpc_template_sync":false,"_ti_tpc_template_id":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21,68],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-news-de"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esmfoundation.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6089"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esmfoundation.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esmfoundation.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esmfoundation.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/395"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esmfoundation.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6089"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/esmfoundation.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6089\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6112,"href":"https:\/\/esmfoundation.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6089\/revisions\/6112"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esmfoundation.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esmfoundation.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esmfoundation.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esmfoundation.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}