Objective The POLYMARK consortium represent the SME communities of Polymer Recyclers. The EU polymer recycling sector forms a vital part of the polymer sector and has an estimated annual turnover of €2,500 million generated by over 1,000 SMEs. However, our members have a major problem. Within the EU legislation exists (EC/282/2008) that states that plastic containers that have been used in a non-food application cannot, subsequently, be recycled and used in an application where it will come into contact with food. This is not true for other major world markets (including the US) putting Europe at a significant disadvantage and therefore a solution is urgently required.Additionally, the food packaging industry is under pressure to use more recycled content but has difficulty accessing sufficient volumes of food contact approved recyclate. In our industry recycling employs a combination of techniques that have been used for particular applications with varying degrees of success.However, they are all inefficient and expensive because there are no easy, reliable, rapid, low cost methods of distinguishing one plastic from another.Therefore an opportunity exists to capture this, to date, untapped market by undertaking the project we propose. Our solution is different. Our idea is to develop a food container marking and identification system that will allow reliable separation of food contact approved from non food contact approved post consumer plastic waste. The novelty is that the plastic itself is coded for easy identification. The technology will also be applicable to other plastic identification challenges.As well as benefiting the recycling community and the food packaging industry, it will also have a positive environmental impact. Fields of science engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwaste managementwaste treatment processesrecyclingnatural scienceschemical sciencespolymer sciencesengineering and technologyother engineering and technologiesfood technologyfood packaging Programme(s) FP7-SME - Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs Topic(s) SME-2012-2 - Research for SME associations Call for proposal FP7-SME-2012 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme BSG-SME-AG - Research for SME associations/groupings Coordinator PETCORE EUROPE AISBL EU contribution € 289 727,08 Address AVENUE DE CORTENBERGH 71 ETAGE 7 1000 BRUXELLES Belgium See on map Activity type Other Administrative Contact Maria Estela Izquierdo (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (10) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all PLASTICS RECYCLERS EUROPE Belgium EU contribution € 361 507,23 Address AVENUE DE BROQUEVILLE 12 1150 Bruxelles / Brussel See on map Region Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad Activity type Other Administrative Contact Casper Van Den Dungen (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data EUROPEAN FEDERATION OF BOTTLED WATERS Belgium EU contribution € 206 866,42 Address PLACE DES BARRICADES 1 1000 BRUXELLES See on map Region Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad Activity type Other Administrative Contact Carine Bossuyt (Mrs.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data European Association of Plastic Recycling and Recovery Organisation Belgium EU contribution € 203 339,25 Address KONINGIN ASTRIDLAAN 59/5 1780 WEMMEL See on map Activity type Other Administrative Contact An Vossen (Mrs.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data CLOSED LOOP RECYCLING LTD Participation ended United Kingdom EU contribution € 77 433,11 Address CHOATS ROAD 16 RM96LF DAGENHAM LONDON See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Nicholas Cliffe (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data 4 PET HOLDING BV Netherlands EU contribution € 170 308,65 Address INDUSTRIEWEG 10E 6651 KR DRUTEN See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Harold Udo (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG EV Germany EU contribution € 7 512,00 Address HANSASTRASSE 27C 80686 Munchen See on map Region Bayern Oberbayern München, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Christoph Schulte (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data S+S SEPARATION AND SORTING TECHNOLOGY Germany EU contribution € 10 000,00 Address REGENER STRASSE 130 94513 SCHONBERG See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Michael Perl (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data THE UK HEALTH & ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH INSTITUTE LIMITED Participation ended United Kingdom EU contribution € 12 876,42 Address PERA BUSINESS PARK NOTTINGHAM ROAD LE13 0PB Melton Mowbray See on map Region East Midlands (England) Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire Leicestershire CC and Rutland Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Ian Hay (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data COLORMATRIX EUROPE LTD United Kingdom EU contribution € 33 108,50 Address UNITY GROVE UNIT 7 15 KNOWSLEY BUSINESS PARK L34 9GT KNOWSLEY See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Sarah Hulligan (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data MIKROLIN HUNGARY TERMELO ES SZOLGALTATO KFT Hungary EU contribution € 105 321,34 Address Buzavirag utca 7 2800 Tatabanya See on map Region Dunántúl Közép-Dunántúl Komárom-Esztergom Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Ivan Ivanovics (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data
