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Creating Artificial Turf (AT) Yarns with New Recycling Technologies for Circular Economy

Descrizione del progetto

Una soluzione completa per il riutilizzo dell’erba sintetica

L’erba artificiale sarà anche verde, come quella vera, ma sicuramente non in termini di sostenibilità ambientale, poiché non può essere interamente riciclata. Il progetto CREATE, finanziato dall’UE, proporrà una soluzione sostenibile, trasparente e comprovata, promuovendo un’economia completamente circolare basata sul riutilizzo di ogni componente dell’erba artificiale. Combinando tecnologie all’avanguardia, gli scienziati del progetto hanno sviluppato un innovativo processo brevettato in grado di dissolvere il materiale plastico pulito di alta qualità in una nuova resina. Attraverso questo metodo, il progetto mira a generare nuovi filati di erba di qualità simile agli originali, riducendo significativamente i rifiuti prodotti durante il processo e diminuendo l’impatto ambientale dell’erba artificiale.

Obiettivo

Re-Match was founded with the ambition of setting the new global standard in recycling artificial turf (AT), while protecting the environment. We aim to develop a sustainable, transparent, proven solution, promoting a full circular economy based on the upcycling of every AT component. To achieve a complete, cycle of used ATs, Re-Match has developed a ground-breaking patented process combining state-of-the-art technologies, adding the missing link to complete the upcycling of the plastic component. Re-Match is already capable of separating used ATs into sand, rubber and plastic (the first two efficiently recycled). Now, by dissolving the high-quality clean plastic material into a new resin, we will generate new turf yarns of similar quality to the originals, to be applied into new ATs, significantly reducing the waste derived from ATs and decreasing their environmental footprint. The process offers a cradle-to-cradle solution and a fully circular economy model for every AT component. Over 5 years, our resin has the potential to cumulatively save 450,000 tons of CO2e due to recyling of plastic fibres which have traditionally been difficult to be disposed off. As the AT demand and disposal has steadily increased following an annual growth of 16.6% between 2015 and 2017, and the sports segment is the most sought after, Re-Match aims to capture the new trends related to green and sustainable processes. As the team has grown, we have strengthened the process development and initiated the setup manufacturing capabilities, achieving important technological and commercial milestones. This project, aligned with our company strategy, will in a 5-year term allow the expansion of the full business, accumulating profits of €20M and creation of additional 22 FTEs exclusively from the EIC Accelerator project. In the long term, Re-Match will target the delivery of the plastic components also to other applications, establishing a new standard for plastic use and end-purpose.

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SME-2 - SME instrument phase 2

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Coordinatore

RE-MATCH A/S
Contributo netto dell'UE
€ 2 499 000,00
Indirizzo
HI-PARK 415
7400 Herning
Danimarca
PMI
Sì
Regione
Danmark Midtjylland Vestjylland
Tipo di attività
Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
Collegamenti
Costo totale
€ 3 570 000,00