Advanced and sustainable recycling processes and value chains for plastic-based multi-materials

Project Information

MultiCycle

Grant agreement ID: 820695

DOI 10.3030/820695

Project closed

EC signature date 3 August 2018

Start date 1 November 2018

End date 30 April 2022

Funded under

• INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies - Advanced manufacturing and processing

Total cost € 9 557 731,85

EU contribution € 7 681 576,90

Coordinated by

IRIS TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, SOCIEDAD LIMITADA
Spain

Deliverables

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (7)

Summary report on dissemination & communication activities

Summary of all MultiCycle dissemination and communication activities

Circular Plastics Helix

Circular Plastics Helix established and preliminary business calendar of stakeholder events agreed.

Communication plan

Communication plan identifying key stakeholder groups with strategies and tactics for engagement with each identified group

Published industrial case studies

Published case studies from across the demonstration activities highlighting project successes and other learning gained

Positioning papers and policy recommendations

Positioning papers published aimed at influencing key policy makers to support implementation of MultiCycle recommendations

Capacity building programme incorporating education and training materials

A suite of training materials case studies and guidance for practical training available as materials to support inclusion in academic courses and as webhosted contextbased learning modules

Project website, standard templates and supporting documents

Establish the project website and provide initial materials to support internal and external communication activities

Documents, reports (2)

Scope and System boundaries: Life Cycle Assessments (LCA, LCC, Social LCA)

written report

Report on the state-of-the art review

written report including up to date literature that will feed into review papers patent and commercial information on recycling and reprocessing processes as well as on recycled materials applications Survey of the available materials to recycle amount and composition vs country

Publications

Other (3)

How hard-to-recycle plastic is being made as good as new

Author(s): Sandrine Ceurstemont
Published in: Horizon EU Research & Innovation Magazine, Issue 8th June 2020, 2020
Publisher: Sandrine Ceurstemont

Innovacion en el sector: en paso mas cerca de la Economia Circular

Author(s): Ana-Maria Lopez-Sabiron, Ignacio Montero-Castro, Elodie Bougnicourt
Published in: REVISTA AVEP, Issue Issue 125, January 2021, 2021
Publisher: Ana-Maria Lopez-Sabiron, Ignacio Montero-Castro, Elodie Bougnicourt

Innovative recycling tackles complex plastic-based materials

Author(s): Anon
Published in: EC Success Stories, Issue October 2021, 2021
Publisher: Anon

Peer reviewed articles (2)

A mini-review of the physical recycling methods for plastic parts in end-of-life vehicles

Author(s): Vicent Martinez Sanz, Adrian Morales Serrano, Martin Schlummer
Published in: Waste Management & Research, Issue April 2022 (expected - status is accepted for publication), 2022, ISSN 0734-242X
Publisher: SAGE Publications

Review on the photonic techniques suitable for automatic monitoring of the composition of multi-materials wastes in view of their posterior recycling

Author(s): Cuauhtémoc Araujo-Andrade, Elodie Bugnicourt, Laurent Philippet , Laura Rodriguez-Turienzo, David Nettleton, Luis Hoffmann and Martin Schlummer
Published in: Waste Management & Research, Issue Vol 39, Issue 5, 2021, 2021, Page(s) Vol 39, Issue 5, 2021, ISSN 0734-242X
Publisher: SAGE Publications

Non-peer reviewed articles (1)

Industry Breaks The Mold For Discarded Plastics

Author(s): Seán Ottewell
Published in: Chemical Processing, Issue 23rd Mar 2020, 2020, ISSN 0009-2630
Publisher: Putman Media