Description du projet
Des matériaux polymères innovants pour des plastiques recyclables
Les déchets plastiques représentent une grave menace pour la santé publique et environnementale. Toutefois, la majorité des déchets plastiques en Europe est mise en décharge ou incinérée. Trois secteurs industriels représentent 70 % de la demande européenne en plastique: la construction, le transport et l’emballage. Le projet SURPASS, financé par l’UE, mènera la transition vers des matériaux polymères plus sûrs, durables et recyclables de par leur conception (SSRbD pour «safe, sustainable, and recyclable by design»). Le projet développera des alternatives SSRbD dépourvues d’additifs potentiellement dangereux grâce à des études de cas pertinentes pour l’industrie ciblant les trois secteurs. Il optimisera les technologies de retraitement adaptées aux nouveaux systèmes SSRbD. SURPASS mettra au point une évaluation basée sur un score afin de guider les concepteurs, les formulateurs et les recycleurs de matériaux, et intégrera toutes les données et les méthodologies connexes dans une infrastructure numérique.
Objectif
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.
Champ scientifique
- 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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HORIZON-RIA - HORIZON Research and Innovation ActionsCoordinateur
75015 PARIS 15
France