INCREACE - INCREASING RECYCLED CONTENT IN ADDED VALUE PRODUCTS FOR A RESILIENT AND DIGITIZED CIRCULAR ECONOMY

Project Information

INCREACE

Grant agreement ID: 101058487

DOI

10.3030/101058487

Project closed

EC signature date 20 May 2022

Start date 1 June 2022

End date 31 May 2026

Funded under

• Digital, Industry and Space

Total cost

€ 7 289 051,00

EU contribution

€ 7 289 051,00

Coordinated by

FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG EV
Germany

CORDIS provides links to public deliverables and publications of HORIZON projects.

Links to deliverables and publications from FP7 projects, as well as links to some specific result types such as dataset and software, are dynamically retrieved from OpenAIRE .

Deliverables

Documents, reports (23)

Implications for design (A) to drive societal demand for r-plastics and (B) to improve waste plastics collection while engaging people and communities

D5.2: Implications for design (A) to drive societal demand for r-plastics and (B) to improve waste plastics collection while engaging people and communities, M46, PfI. D5.2 is the direct outcome of T5.1-5.3.

Standardisation and certification of circular plastics in the EEE sector, intermediate version

Standardisation and certification of circular plastics in the EEE sector, interimediate version: M20, Fraunhofer. D3.1 is the outcome of T3.1.

Techno-economic assessment of business cases

D6.2: Techno-economic assessment of business cases (M48), ETH. D6.2 is the direct outcome of T6.4

Report on sampling, on-line and off-line procedures to control the consistent quality

D1.2: Report on sampling, in- and off-line procedures to control the consistent quality (M44), KUL. D1.2 is the outcome of T1.2 & T1.3.

First technical workshop to promote deliverable D3.3

Minutes from the First Technical workshop to promote deliverable D3.3

CE framework for effective plastics recycling

D7.1: CE framework for effective plastics recycling, M6, VITO. D7.1 is the outcome of T7.1.

Life Cycle Assessment of the INCREACE approach

D3.3 is the outcome of T3.2.

Value chain & stakeholder analysis, second intermediate version

This deliverable is outcome of Task 8.1

Report on improved plastics recycling, based on experience from business cases and extrapolated to plastic management in the EU

D7.2: Report on improved plastics recycling, based on experience from business cases and extrapolated to plastic management in the EU, M48, VITO. D7.2 is the outcome of Tasks 7.2-7.4.

Data Management and Quality Assurance Plan

D.9.2 Data Management and Quality Assurance Plan (M1, IZM)

Report on traceability of recycling content in EEE products along the full value chain

D2.5 outcome of task 2.5 & 1.4

State-of-the-art inventory of (A) barriers and drivers to societal demand for recycled plastics and (B) (design for) divestment research

D5.1: State-of-the-art inventory of (A) barriers and drivers to societal demand for recycled plastics and (B) (design for) divestment research, M14, PfI., D5.1 is the direct outcome of T5.1.

Regulatory landscape overview and interactions

D6.1: Regulatory landscape overview and interactions (M40) ETH. D6.1 is the direct outcome of T6.2

Document describing the results and learnings from all business cases

D4.1: Document describing the results and learnings from all business cases (M48, UM). D4.1. is the outcome of Tasks 4.1-4.5.

Standardisation and certification of circular plastics in the EEE sector, final version

D3.2 is the outcome of T3.1.

Value chain & stakeholder analysis, final version

This deliverable is outcome of Task 8.1

Report on the procedures for material sourcing and sorting

D1.1: Report on the procedures for material sourcing and sorting. The report will include a case study to quantify the sorting efficiency of state-of-the-art sorting systems (M24), KUL. D1.1 is the outcome of T1.1.

Implementation of the file sharing server

D.9.1 Implementation of the file sharing server (M1; IZM)

Third technical workshop to promote deliverable D3.3

Minutes from third technical workshop to promote deliverable D3.3

Circular product design guidelines

D3.4 is the outcome of T3.3

Second technical workshop to promote deliverable D3.3

Minutes from the second technical workshops to promote deliverable D3.3

Value chain & stakeholder analysis, first intermediate version

This deliverable is outcome of Task 8.1

Generic plastic model and scenario analysis for plastic waste model

D6.3: Generic plastic model and scenario analysis for plastic waste model (M48), ETH/VITO. The deliverable is the direct outcome of T6.1, T6.3, T6.4 and T6.5

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (1)

Project website including strong visual identity online

Project website including strong visual identity online

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (5)

Perceptions and alignment on quality along the circular plastics packaging material chain

Author(s): Merel Molenbuur, Marcel C.P. van Eijk, Jan Harm Urbanus, Henk Diepenmaat, Kim Ragaert
Published in: Waste Management, Issue 200, 2025, ISSN 0956-053X
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.WASMAN.2025.114758

Clarifying European terminology in plastics recycling

Author(s): Kim Ragaert, Cloé Ragot, Kevin M. Van Geem, Sascha Kersten, Yoni Shiran, Steven De Meester
Published in: Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry, 2023, ISSN 2452-2236
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/J.COGSC.2023.100871

Assessment of recyclability with Philips’ tool and ease of (robotic) disassembly of a Siemens Soft Starter

Author(s): Núria Boix Rodríguez, Lucas Janisch, Mark-Olof Dirksen, Terrin Pulikottil, Mohammad Abdelbaky, Caroline Cassignol, Jef R. Peeters
Published in: Procedia CIRP, Issue 135, 2025, ISSN 2212-8271
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.PROCIR.2024.12.008

Evaluating the effectiveness of density-based sorting of plastics from WEEE and ELVs

Author(s): Simon Van den Eynde, Stijn Waumans, Theodoros Dimas, Dillam Jossue Díaz-Romero, Isiah Zaplana, Jef Peeters
Published in: Resources, Conservation and Recycling, Issue 209, 2024, ISSN 0921-3449
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.RESCONREC.2024.107753

Analyzing policy mixes for the circular economy transition: The case of recycled plastics in electronics

Author(s): David Pfeffer, Denise Reike, Catharina R. Bening
Published in: Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, Issue 56, 2025, ISSN 2210-4224
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.EIST.2025.100982

Conference proceedings (2)

Designing valuable GOODbyes: A review of state-of-the-art ‘Design for Divestment’ literature and its implementation in practice

Author(s): Flora Poppelaars & Tim de Ruiter
Published in: Product Lifetimes And The Environment Proceedings, 2023, ISSN 1799-4861
Publisher: Aalto University publication series

Enhanced Plastic Recycling using RGB+Depth Fusion with MassFaster and MassMask R-CNN

Author(s): Dillam Jossue Diaz Romero, Isiah Zaplana, Simon Van Den Eynde, Wouter Sterkens, Toon Goedeme, Jef Peeters
Published in: 2022 Fourth International Conference on Transdisciplinary AI (TransAI), 2022
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/TRANSAI54797.2022.00010