The PRS project by Plastic Repair System 2011 S.L. was approved within the call for SME Instrument H2020, Topic SME Inst-11-2016-2017 Boosting the potential of small businesses in the areas of climate action, environment, resource efficiency and raw materials, Call 2017-11-09.
In Europe, there are 1.8 billion items of plastic Returnable Transport Packaging (RTP), which are plastic pallets and crates that are used across various sectors, including the automotive, beverage, logistic and pooling services. Also in Europe, the number of plastic street containers for Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) exceeds ten million. The average lifetime of these articles ranges from five to ten years. When they break, these items are discarded and replaced with new ones. Discarded items have three destinations: recycling, incineration or as landfill. The owners of these plastic elements barely consider the possibility of their repair.Almost no company repair these items. This is a big problem in terms of business cost and environmental cost.
We have developed and patented the technology for the repair large series of plastic elements through heat-welding alongside the use of high-density virgin plastic material. We have developed an industrialized process, which allows it to reduce repair times and costs while guaranteeing the homogeneity and quality of repairs. This process is the result of more than five years of performing tests on more than 100 different plastic articles.
The overall objective of the Project is to confirm the business strategy, business model, intellectual property and marketing strategies of the company Plastic Repair System 2011 S.L.
To do so, we have improved our business plan to allows the international business expansion of our company.
The Project has been developed as planned, in terms of deadlines, budgets, actions, and results obtained.
