Objetivo Currently, around 25 million tonnes of plastic waste is created each year across Europe, primarily from three sources – consumer packaging, WEEE disposal and vehicle dismantling. The requirements for sorting and segregation of polymer types within waste streams are intensifying - more stringent targets for recycling are forcing recyclers to segregate more difficult materials that they could formerly lose as scrap; increased volumes and high labour costs force the industry to reduce manual segregation and increase shredding; this requires more automation of sorting facilities; producer regulations increase the responsibility for the supply side to ensure identifiability of the materials they provide, through to the point of recycling. Automated sorting operations are all based on Near Infra-Red spectroscopy, which can rapidly recognize the NIR signature of different polymers, and activate sorting equipment to segregate the polymer types. NIR is the only technique that is fast enough, powerful enough and robust enough to be usable on a recycling line. BUT the NIR technique fails to “see” black materials and some colours, because the carbon black pigment used also absorbs the NIR beam and prevents the reflection of the polymer’s characteristic spectrum back to the sensor. This project, based on our successful previous work, will develop a range of “NIR transparent” alternatives to carbon black, to enable the NIR sorting operations to segregate black and coloured plastic where they have been unable to before, to a purity that will be usable in high value recycled engineering polymers. We will base our market entry strategy on a “spiral economy” approach, where the packaging industry uses virgin detectable polymer to make their packaging, and this, with its product life of under one year, is recycled into high quality engineering plastics for the manufacturers of automotive and consumer durables to use without waiting for returns from their own end-of-life materials. Ámbito científico engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwaste managementwaste treatment processesrecyclingengineering and technologymaterials engineeringcolorsnatural scienceschemical sciencespolymer sciencesengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensorsengineering and technologyother engineering and technologiesfood technologyfood packaging Programa(s) H2020-EC - Horizon 2020 Framework Programme Main Programme H2020-EU.3. - PRIORITY 'Societal challenges H2020-EU.2. - PRIORITY 'Industrial leadership' Tema(s) FTIPilot-01-2016 - Fast Track to Innovation Pilot Convocatoria de propuestas H2020-FTIPilot-2016 Consulte otros proyectos de esta convocatoria Convocatoria de subcontratación H2020-FTIPilot-2016-1 Régimen de financiación IA - Innovation action Coordinador LUXUS LTD Aportación neta de la UEn € 468 125,00 Dirección BELVOIR WAY FAIRFIELD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE LN11 0LQ LOUTH Reino Unido Ver en el mapa Pyme Organización definida por ella misma como pequeña y mediana empresa (pyme) en el momento de la firma del acuerdo de subvención. Sí Región East Midlands (England) Lincolnshire Lincolnshire Tipo de actividad Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Enlaces Contactar con la organización Opens in new window Participación en los programas de I+D de la UE Opens in new window Red de colaboración de HORIZON Opens in new window Coste total € 706 250,00 Participantes (2) Ordenar alfabéticamente Ordenar por aportación neta de la UE Ampliar todo Contraer todo POLYKEMI AB Suecia Aportación neta de la UEn € 341 637,50 Dirección BRONSGATAN 8 27139 YSTAD Ver en el mapa Región Södra Sverige Sydsverige Skåne län Tipo de actividad Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Enlaces Contactar con la organización Opens in new window Sitio web Opens in new window Participación en los programas de I+D de la UE Opens in new window Red de colaboración de HORIZON Opens in new window Coste total € 488 125,00 ONE51 ES PLASTICS LIMITED Irlanda Aportación neta de la UEn € 196 000,00 Dirección HUGUENOT HOUSE 35-38 ST STEPHENS GREEN D02 NY63 DUBLIN Ver en el mapa Región Ireland Eastern and Midland Dublin Tipo de actividad Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Enlaces Contactar con la organización Opens in new window Participación en los programas de I+D de la UE Opens in new window Red de colaboración de HORIZON Opens in new window Coste total € 280 000,00
