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Development of a Retro-Fitted Recycling Unit and Inter-Related Web-Based Logistical Software to Reduce Transport Costs and Improve Competitiveness of Organisations in the Recycling Supply Chain
| Coordinatore | THE PACKAGING AND INDUSTRIAL FILMSASSOCIATION LIMITED
Organization address
address: 3rd Floor Gothic House, Barker Gate contact info |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | United Kingdom [UK] |
| Totale costo | 2˙269˙891 € |
| EC contributo | 1˙801˙042 € |
| Programma | FP7-SME
Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs |
| Code Call | FP7-SME-2007-2 |
| Funding Scheme | BSG-SME-AG |
| Anno di inizio | 2008 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2008-12-01 - 2012-05-31 |
Partecipanti
| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
THE PACKAGING AND INDUSTRIAL FILMSASSOCIATION LIMITED
Organization address
address: 3rd Floor Gothic House, Barker Gate contact info |
UK (NOTTINGHAM) | coordinator | 421˙308.95 |
| 2 |
A.D.I.VALOR
Organization address
address: Rue Denfert Rochereau 2 contact info |
FR (Boulogne, Billancourt) | participant | 309˙114.25 |
| 3 |
ASSOCIAZIONE NAZIONALE RICICLATORIE RIGENERATORI MATERIE PLASTICHE
Organization address
address: Centro Direzionale Milanofiori Palazzo F/3 contact info |
IT (ASSAGO) | participant | 308˙873.55 |
| 4 |
PREVIERO N. SRL
Organization address
address: CORSO XXV APRILE 167 B contact info |
IT (ERBA) | participant | 165˙399.75 |
| 5 |
TECHNOSAM SRL
Organization address
address: FAGULUI STR 35 contact info |
RO (SATU MARE) | participant | 158˙226.00 |
| 6 |
C.P. COMMUNITY PUBLISHING LTD - DIGECO SYSTEMS
Organization address
address: FURNACE GROVE - BALLINACLASH 5 contact info |
IE (BALLINACLASH) | participant | 145˙560.75 |
| 7 |
Irish Farm Films Producers Group Limited
Organization address
address: Waverly Business Park Old Nass Road contact info |
IE (Dublin) | participant | 115˙676.50 |
| 8 |
MANTZARIS AE - EUROFILM
Organization address
address: THESI TSAKIRI contact info |
EL (ZEVGOLATIO CORINTHIAS) | participant | 104˙137.25 |
| 9 |
THE UK MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE LIMITED
Organization address
address: MIDDLE ASTON HOUSE contact info |
UK (MIDDLE ASTON OXFORDSHIRE) | participant | 27˙722.00 |
| 10 |
Plastika Kritis Industrial & Trading CO. S.A.
Organization address
address: Foinikia contact info |
EL (Iraklion) | participant | 20˙344.97 |
| 11 |
CENTRO EUROPEO SVILUPPO APPLICAZIONI PLASTICHE SRL CONSORTILE
Organization address
address: VIA VIENNA 56 contact info |
IT (VERDELLINO ZINGONIA) | participant | 15˙806.00 |
| 12 |
ELKEDE TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN CENTRE SA
Organization address
address: 12km Athens - Lamia National Road (12 CHLM ETHNIKIS ODOU ATHINON) contact info |
EL (Metamorphosi, ATHENS) | participant | 8˙872.03 |
| 13 |
CHAMBRE D'AGRICULTURE DU LOIRET
Organization address
address: Avenue des droits de l'Homme 13 contact info |
FR (Orleans) | participant | 0.00 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
The agricultural sector within the EU generates some 274,000tonnes of plastics waste p.a. of which ~88,000tonnes are agricultural plastics film waste. This equates to 250,000tonnes p.a. with ‘soilage’ (soil/grass/stones/etc). Agricultural plastic film waste has proven difficult to recycle commercially due to the high levels of contamination and its wide geographical dispersion which lead to high transport costs. This means that recycling schemes require financial support from governments and/or must charge high fees in order to be financially sustainable. Hence many farmers use alternative, environmentally harmful, disposal methods, such as burning or land-filling, which do not take advantage of the latent value of recyclates and do not comply with current and future legislation. Our project aims to achieve increased stability and growth within the agricultural plastics recycling sector by significantly reducing transportation costs and making recycling schemes economically and environmentally sustainable. This will be achieved by developing two technologies: 1) A portable recycling cleaning ‘unit’ to clean, separate and compress the agricultural film waste prior to transportation. 2) Logistical models and inter-related web-based software to optimise waste collection. This system will surpass the current state of the art by using air-flow (rather than water) and utilising the inherent properties of agricultural films to remove contaminants at the source. Advantages of the new process will be: the retention of a valuable biomass resource, >50% reduction in transportation costs and reductions in recycling costs and fees by ~€80/tonne and ~€20/tonne respectively. Within 5 years of project end we anticipate >50% penetration of the forecasted EU agricultural plastics recycling market equating to direct sales of ~€40million and cost savings of ~€55million, with additional opportunities through licensing as well as in global and secondary markets ie construction.
Introduzione (Teaser)
An EU project improved recycling of agricultural plastics film waste. The group developed a logistics system, also a three-stage process for on-site removal of earth and rocks from the film, involving a dry airflow technology.