Descripción del proyecto
Hacia una economía circular de los residuos plásticos
En la Unión Europea (UE), se generan 25,8 millones de toneladas de residuos plásticos al año, suficiente para llenar 2 millones de camiones de la basura. Sin embargo, solo se recicla una tercera parte de esta cantidad. El resto se entierra en vertederos o se incinera. De este modo, se pierden materiales valiosos: se estima que el 95 % del valor de los materiales de embalaje plástico (entre 70 y 105 mil millones EUR) se pierde anualmente tras un ciclo de primer uso muy corto. En este contexto, el proyecto financiado con fondos europeos PRIMUS aumentará la resiliencia de las cadenas de valor del plástico de la UE al asegurar el suministro de plásticos residuales como materia prima. La labor del equipo de PRIMUS contribuirá a poner en circulación flujos infrautilizados o no reciclados al abordar uno de los mayores desafíos identificados en el Plan de Acción para la Economía Circular de la UE (cómo desbrominar de forma eficaz y segura las sustancias peligrosas utilizadas en los plásticos).
Objetivo
Polymers are one of the most used materials in different applications, especially in consumer goods like electronics, and the consumption is only expected to rise globally. In Europe, 25,8 million tonnes of plastic waste is generated annually and less than 30 % is collected for recycling and significant shares are exported from EU to be treated elsewhere. Landfilling (31 %) and incineration (39 %) of plastics is high (together 70 %), and by these treatment options the valuable materials are lost from circulation. It is estimated that 95 % of the value of plastic packaging material, between 70-105 billion EUR, is lost annually to the economy after a very short first-use cycle. The industry is lacking standards and main barriers for efficient uptake of recyclates are due to safety concerns, low quality, and recycling rates. PRIMUS activities will increase the resilience of EU's plastic value chains by securing supply of waste plastics as feedstock and increasing its availability through connecting value chain actors, developing methods to control quality, sampling, and analysis, and improving upgrading knowhow and characterize suitability towards added-value products. PRIMUS will prove legislative compliant, privacy-preserving, cost-efficient and feasible technological pathways for tapping into non-recycled or underutilized plastic waste streams. Validated business cases will lower the risks of future investments into European manufacturing capacity. PRIMUS will address one of the core challenges identified in the EU Circular Economy Action Plan, the presence of hazardous substances (brominated flame retardants) and how to effectively and safely debrominate the waste streams for new product use. PRIMUS will contribute to circulating underutilised or non-recycled streams and create further impact by supporting additional production of 0,2 Mtonnes of rHIPS, rPC/ABS, rEPDM and rTPE, which is approximately 6 % of the expected growth of European recyclate market 2018-2024.
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HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01
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