Project description
Innovative MDF waste treatment
Renewable energy targets and bioproducts have increased the demand for wood and wood-based products. Many of these have become commodity products with ‘short’ lifespans. However, the lack of appropriate techno-economic solutions prevents their reuse or recycling. One of these commodity products, which generates high volumes of landfilled material, is medium-density fibreboard (MDF). The EU-funded FibreCarb project presents an innovative MDF waste treatment process targeting the wood based activated carbon market, a high-value market. The self-sustainable technology consists in upcycling the MDF waste and turning it into high quality activated carbon and renewable energy as a secondary product.
Fields of science
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwaste managementwaste treatment processesrecycling
- humanitieshistory and archaeologyhistoryprehistory
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energy
- engineering and technologychemical engineeringseparation technologiesdesalinationreverse osmosis
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesforestry
Programme(s)
Funding Scheme
SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1
Coordinator
3530 Houthalen-helchteren
Belgium
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