Objective Production of PE in Western Europe alone is 13.5 million tonnes p.a. The scrap PE from this production is 15% scrap of which 35% is coloured; creating 709 000 tons of off-spec material. The price on off-spec PE is €1050/ton, indicating a European industrial waste PE recycling market €744M p.a. only in Western Europe. The annual production world wide of 60 mill. tons PE indicates a world wide market of €3,3 Bn. As of today, there is no technical solution available that has the ability to remove pigments and other selected additives from the recycled material. The prospect of a technology enabling removal of pigments and selected additives from scrap opens up a range of possibilities in terms of quality of, and applications for recycled material. In addition, it would have a large impact on the need for virgin material and thus, raw material consumption. The overall technological aim of the project is the development of a controlled supercritical fluid extraction unit that quickly and efficiently removes pigments and selected additives from waste polyethylene. Among the drivers are European Commission directives such as 2004/12/EC Packaging and packaging waste, in addition to the strategy on prevention and recycling of waste. Today, China is a large player on the scrap market, buying enormous volumes. China has reduced imports of virgin resin by importing recycled and scrap polymer, increasing the amount of domestic recycling. China is the world’s largest polyethylene customer, importing 5.65tonnes in 2005, which was well below expectations due to the imports of recycled and scrap polymer. By increasing quality and value of scrap material, less will be exported to China, forcing China to buy virgin at higher price, increasing the competitiveness of European Recyclers by producing recycled material of higher quality. Fields of science engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwaste managementwaste treatment processesrecyclingnatural scienceschemical sciencespolymer sciences Programme(s) FP7-SME - Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs Topic(s) SME-1 - Research for SMEs Call for proposal FP7-SME-2007-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme BSG-SME - Research for SMEs Coordinator PER HAAGENSEN AS EU contribution € 402 506,00 Address SUNDVOLLHOVET 3535 KRODEREN Norway See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Christian Bjarnholt (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (9) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all ATECSOL SOLDADURAS SL Spain EU contribution € 145 078,00 Address CTRA GRAL KM 2.5 39782 GAJANO See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Enrique Abad (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data PG INSTRUMENTS LIMITED United Kingdom EU contribution € 123 550,00 Address ALMA PARK LE17 5BH WIBTOFT See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Steve Earthy (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data PIDAB INSTRUMENTDESIGN AB Participation ended Sweden EU contribution No data Address ALEGARDSGATAN 1 43150 MOLNDAL See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Jan Dahlén (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data PLASTICOS TORRIJOS SL Spain EU contribution € 61 750,00 Address CALLE BANDERAS DE CASTILLA 2 45500 TORRIJOS See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Emilio Parras Blanco (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data A-FAX LIMITED United Kingdom EU contribution € 61 590,00 Address Shay Lane Halifax Drake Industrial Estate HX3 6RL WEST YORKSHIRE See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Luke Smith (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Grønt Punkt Norge AS Norway EU contribution € 82 850,00 Address Karenlyst Allè 9A 0212 OSLO See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Eirik Oland (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Nor-Tek Teknologisenter AS Norway EU contribution € 15 633,00 Address GAUSTADALLEEN 21 0349 OSLO See on map Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Rune Nilsen (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data ASSOCIATION POUR LA RECHERCHE ET LE DEVELOPPEMENT DES METHODES ET PROCESSUS INDUSTRIELS France EU contribution € 12 404,00 Address BOULEVARD SAINT MICHEL 60 75272 Paris See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Paris Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Arnaud Helleux (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data SAGA AUTOMATIZACION INDUSTRIAL Spain EU contribution € 148 183,00 Address OLIVA 22 45222 BOROX See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Pedro Gonzalez (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data