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Systemic expansion of territorial CIRCULAR Ecosystems for end-of-life FOAM

Descrizione del progetto

Riciclare la schiuma per ottenere prodotti di valore superiore

Le schiume in poliuretano sono comunemente utilizzate in applicazioni su larga scala, dallo strato inferiore dei tappeti agli interni dei veicoli. Le versioni rigide delle schiume costituiscono materiali di isolamento efficaci impiegati nel settore dell’edilizia, come ad esempio per l’isolamento di tetti e pareti, finestre e porte coibentate e sigillanti per barriere dell’aria. Montagne di poliuretano tossico finiscono in discarica. Il progetto CIRCULAR FOAM, finanziato dall’UE, invertirà questa tendenza, sviluppando nello specifico una soluzione sistemica intersettoriale per favorire la circolarità di plastiche ad alte prestazioni provenienti da diverse applicazioni. I flussi dei rifiuti saranno riciclati in modo chimico e valorizzati per diventare nuove materie prime equivalenti alle materie vergini destinate all’industria chimica per la produzione di nuove plastiche ad alte prestazioni.

Obiettivo

CIRCULAR FOAM aims at the demonstration of a territorial cross-sectorial systemic solution for the circularity of high performance plastics from diverse applications on the example of rigid polyurethane foams used as insulation in refrigerators and in construction. The waste streams will be upcycled chemically, which means that they will be valorised to become new virgin-equivalent feedstock for the chemical industry to produce new high performance plastics. In this way, it will become possible to replace limited fossil-based resources by the renewable waste-based ones, thus not only reducing waste, but also becoming more sustainable and making a step forward to climate neutrality. The project and the demonstration are targeting a concrete implementation of the solution in question in the selected regions after the project and developing a blueprint for both the geographical transferability to other regions and for the technological extension of the circularity principle to a number of further waste materials from further applications. We consider here two carefully selected regions: NRW/Germany, Silesia/PL and Greater Amstedam Region. The consortium is composed of all actors required to close the circular value chain (process industries, manufacturing, waste management, technology providers, incl. also research partners, logistics, social scientists and economist working with with public sector and citizens. After practical implementation and replication in EU of the systemic solution, following reductions will have been attained by 2040: 586.000 tons per year less waste, 18,6 mln. tons less CO2 emission; 118 mln EUR less cost for incineration for the PU producers. The system will signifficantly contribute to resilience in regions.

Invito a presentare proposte

H2020-LC-GD-2020

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Bando secondario

H2020-LC-GD-2020-3

Meccanismo di finanziamento

IA - Innovation action

Coordinatore

COVESTRO DEUTSCHLAND AG
Contribution nette de l'UE
€ 4 072 442,50
Indirizzo
KAISER WILHELM ALLEE 60
51373 Leverkusen
Germania

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Regione
Nordrhein-Westfalen Köln Leverkusen, Kreisfreie Stadt
Tipo di attività
Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
Collegamenti
Costo totale
€ 5 817 775,00

Partecipanti (25)