French pilot
French pilot
Description
The French/Belgian pilot, coordinated by SUEZ, NTCP and Futerro, will focus on bio-based plastic materials from the packaging bin and also on materials from pre-treated organic waste streams. As in the other pilots, NIR and artificial intelligence are used to improve the identification and separation of bio-based plastics within the light packaging waste stream.
The main goal in this step is to separate from the original stream the bio-based plastic fraction with a good level of purity. The selected plastics are then sent to NTCP for pre-treatment, which is necessary to prepare the material for the subsequent transformation. Once ready, the bio-based plastics are transferred to Futerro, which performs chemical recycling through a proprietary depolymerization technology.
The entire cycle is validated through quality tests and analysis of the chemical-physical and thermal properties of the recycled bio-based plastic.
Partners involved
The project is supported by the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking and its members under grant agreement Nº 101157907. Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or CBE JU. Neither the European Union nor the CBE JU can be held responsible for them.
The total cost of the project is estimated to be €10,196,836.25 of which the CBEJU contributes € 7,498,855.25
