Project description
A step closer to recyclable plastics
Plastic is a valuable material that has a vital place in the economy. Eliminating waste, maximising value and using plastic efficiently should help protect our environment. Funded by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme, the VIT project will deal with vitrimers, new polymers that have the same mechanical properties as thermosets, while they can flow like thermoplastics at high temperatures. These polymers are designed to overcome the critical issues related to the use of composites and thermosets, materials of choice for structural applications, which cannot be recycled since, at high temperatures, they do not flow but degrade. VIT plans to endow vitrimers with highly desirable optical and electrical properties that will be maintained after recycling, satisfying the 'reuse-repair-recycle' paradigm of the circular economy.
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43100 Parma
Italy
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Participants (6)
34127 Trieste
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1010 Wien
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412 96 Goteborg
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2829 516 Caparica
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2630 369 Arruda Dos Vinhos
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
20123 Milano
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Partner organisations contribute to the implementation of the action, but do not sign the Grant Agreement.
26300 Kuantan Pahang
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Partner organisations contribute to the implementation of the action, but do not sign the Grant Agreement.
C1425FQB Buenos Aires
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Partner organisations contribute to the implementation of the action, but do not sign the Grant Agreement.
11200 Montevideo
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Partner organisations contribute to the implementation of the action, but do not sign the Grant Agreement.
02139 Cambridge
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