Project description DEENESFRITPL The greenest TPEs in the world Nearly every industry – automotive, building, construction, packaging, and toys – uses plastics and rubbers. Unfortunately, these materials do not degrade but remain in the environment for a long time. Plastic and rubber waste requires special methods for its recycling. In this context, the EU-funded Ecoplastomer project has developed a process that allows the mixing of recycled scrap tyres with post-consumer plastic to create circular ecoplastomers (TPEs). They are made exclusively of discarded recycled plastic and recycled tyre rubber, without any chemicals and additives. This makes them the greenest TPEs available globally. The project will scale up the technology with EIC Accelerator support. Show the project objective Hide the project objective Objective Plastics and rubbers are broadly used to produce different products. Unfortunately, their waste does not degrade and remain in the environment. An increasing amount of generated plastic and rubber waste requires suitable methods for their recycling. One of the “greener” applications of both materials is to use them in the production of thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs). However, made in this simple but inefficient way TPEs show poor mechanical performance as a result of incompatibility of polymer blends, hence their applications in industry are very limited.At Ecopolplast, we have created a process that allows mixing recycled scrap tyres with post-consumer plastic creating circular Ecoplastomers (TPEs) that are the greenest TPEs available globally, made exclusively of discarded recycled plastic and recycled tyre rubber and without any chemicals and additives. We have confirmed that our technology works (TRL 6) and now need EIC Accelerator support to scale up the technology. Fields of science engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwaste managementwaste treatment processesrecyclingnatural scienceschemical sciencespolymer sciences Programme(s) HORIZON.3.1 - The European Innovation Council (EIC) Main Programme Topic(s) HORIZON-EIC-2022-ACCELERATORCHALLENGES-01 - EIC Accelerator Challenge: Technologies for Open Strategic Autonomy Call for proposal HORIZON-EIC-2022-ACCELERATOR-01 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme HORIZON-AG - HORIZON Action Grant Budget-Based Coordinator ECOPOLPLAST SPOLKA ZOO Net EU contribution € 2 473 268,46 Address Wyspianskiego 13a 84 300 Lebork Poland See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes Region Makroregion północny Pomorskie Słupski Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 1 059 972,20
