Descripción del proyecto
Materiales poliméricos innovadores para plásticos reciclables
Los residuos plásticos representan una gran amenaza para la salud pública y el medioambiente. Sin embargo, la mayoría de los residuos plásticos en Europa se depositan en vertederos o se incineran. Existen tres sectores que representan el 70 % de la demanda europea de plásticos: la construcción, el transporte y el envasado. El equipo del proyecto SURPASS, financiado con fondos europeos, liderará la transición hacia materiales poliméricos más seguros, sostenibles y reciclables desde el diseño (SSRdD, por sus siglas en inglés). En el proyecto se desarrollarán alternativas de SSRdD sin aditivos potencialmente peligrosos mediante estudios de casos de relevancia industrial dirigidos a los tres sectores. Se optimizarán las tecnologías de reprocesamiento adaptadas a los nuevos sistemas SSRdD. El equipo de SURPASS desarrollará una evaluación basada en puntuaciones para orientar a diseñadores, formuladores y recicladores de materiales, e integrará todos los datos y metodologías asociadas en una infraestructura digital.
Objetivo
Plastic waste outlive us on this planet as they take centuries to break down. Endocrine disruption, land, air and water pollution are only some of the adverse effects of plastic waste on public and environmental health. Still, 70% of plastic waste collected in Europe is landfilled or incinerated.
The overall objective of SURPASS project is to lead by example the transition towards more Safe, Sustainable and Recyclable by Design (SSRbD) polymeric materials. The SURPASS consortium of 14 partners consisting of research and technology organizations and industries will:
1. Develop SSRbD alternatives with no potentially hazardous additives through industrially relevant case-studies (TRL3-5) targeting the three sectors representing 70% of the European plastic demand:
- Building: bio-sourced polyurethane resins with enhanced vitrimer properties to replace insulating PVC for window frames (? 40% C-Footprint reduction)
- Transport: lightweight, therefore less energy-consuming epoxy-vitrimer (? 30% C-Footprint reduction), as alternative to metal for the train structure, anticipating emerging use of non-recyclable composites.
- Packaging: MultiNanoLayered films involving no compatibilizers to replace currently non-recyclable multi-layers films (? 60% C-Footprint reduction).
2. Optimize reprocessing technologies adapted to the new SSRbD systems to support achievement of ambitious recyclability targets.
3. Develop a scoring-based assessment that will guide material designers, formulators and recyclers to design SSRbD polymeric materials, operating over the plastic?s entire life cycle, including hazard, health, environmental and economic assessment.
4. Merge all data and relevant methodologies in a digital infrastructure, offering an open-access user-friendly interface for innovators.
SURPASS will in particular address its results to SMEs, representing more than 99% of enterprises, and therefore has an outstanding potential to contribute to the transition towards green economy.
Ámbito científico
- medical and health scienceshealth sciencespublic health
- social scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementinnovation management
- engineering and technologymaterials engineeringcomposites
- natural scienceschemical sciencespolymer sciencespolyurethane
- engineering and technologymaterials engineeringcoating and films
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Convocatoria de propuestas
HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01
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