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On November 29, ICL as partner responsible for the bromine recovery within PLAST2bCLEANED, gave a presentation at the AMI conference – Fire Resistance in Plastics celebrated in Cologne, Germany.

Eyal Eden, Plastic Lab and Technical Support Manager was in charge of the speech entitled Sustainable Fire Resistance systems for Styrenics in which PLAST2bCLEANED goal and current status were showcased.

ICL presentation is available here.

Esther van den Beuken, Principal Consultant Circular Plastics at TNO and PLAST2bCLEANED coordinator, had the chance to showcase the project progress at the NONTOX project final event on November 10.

NONTOX project is a combination of multiple recycling technologies to recycle hazardous plastic waste generated from Waste Electrical and Electronics Equipment (WEEE), End of Life Vehicles (ELV) and Construction and Demolition Waste (CDW). The unique combination of mechanical and chemical recycling technologies imparts several techno-economic benefits over single conventional methods.

Last September 28, Lein Tange, Sustainability Director at ICL and partner responsible for the bromine recovery within PLAST2bCLEANED, showcased the project at the second VALBREE conference.

During the venue, Lein gave the presentation entitled Development of innovative recycle technologies for flame retardants with challenges and opportunities, including how PLAST2BCLEANED technologies work.

VALBREE is an Interreg project addressing the waste electric and electronic equipment recycling containing brominated flame retardants, an objective shared with PLAST2bCLEANED.

On June 9, PLAST2bCLEANED attended the Life Cycle Assessment for Waste Management and Resource Optimisation conference held in Cetraro Calabria (Italy).

On behalf of the consortium, Spela Ferjan, LCA Expert on Circular Plastics at TNO, presented the speech and poster Life cycle impacts of Waste Electric and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) plastics recycling within the PLAST2bCLEANED project at the round table entitled Emerging Technologies.

If you missed the opportunity to attend the event you can check Spela’s presentation and poster here and here.

Screenshot of PLAST2bCLEANED’s Inventory data collection sheet for the full LCA/LCC

As part of the tasks PLAST2bCLEANED is developing, the project is carrying out both a life cycle assessment (LCA) and a life cycle costing (LCC). During this first period, the main objective has been to establish the final methodological approach, as well as to develop a detailed and complete inventory data collection sheet.

To achieve this, first, the consortium decided on the final goal and scope, and PLAST2bCLEANED system’s definition and graphical description were updated to the latest insights from the PLAST2bCLEANED current research and prepared for the final assessment.

Likewise, a small-scale study was conducted on technology upscaling and learning methods, enabling the translation of lab-scale data to real data from a simulated commissioned and operative plant in Europe (sensitivity for countries, electricity mix, etc.) The aim of this research was to test the sorting and dissolution technologies under development on the project, to prove them valid and replicable, and it was finally validated by experts from the consortium and improved in the data collection sheet.

Results were shared with similar initiatives addressing plastics recycling like NONTOX and CREAToR to align the methodology framework and establish a common ground for future projects.

Finally, a detailed inventory data collection sheet was prepared and sent out within the project with an updated process flow diagram for partners’ input.

In the following months, TNO, responsible for these tasks for PLAST2bCLEANED, will collect all the inventory data and perform an LCA and LCC study for the final assessment.

Check out here our latest Newsletter with information about the milestones we achieved, events we attended and much more!

On March 31, ICL Group, bromine recovery expert within PLAST2bCLEANED, participated at Electro-Plast 2022 in Cologne (Germany).

On behalf of PLAST2bCLEANED, Eyal Eden, Plastic Application Lab Manager at ICL gave the presentation entitled High Voltage automotive powertrain fire safety: sustainable brominated polymers make the difference.

Electro-Plast 2022 brought together the entire electrical & electronic equipment supply chain to discuss how to bring these products to market, and improve them to the benefit of businesses and consumers.

On March 25, our project coordinator, Esther Zondervan-van den Beuken, Senior Consultant Plastics at TNO, attended the World Plastic Summit held in Monaco.

There, Esther participated in the Chemical recycling centres session, where she presented PLAST2bCLEANED.

On February 1, several members of the PLAST2BCLEANED consortium participated in the first LIFE PLAS PLUS project dedicated event, a venue addressing the plastic ecosystem and stakeholders, as well as the necessary steps.

TNO and Campine presented PLAST2BCLEANED scope and advancements and the antimony value chain, respectively.

The presentations are available here and here.

On January 19, PLAST2bCLEANED was showcased at the 20th International Electronics Recycling Congress IERC 2022 in Salzburg (Austria).

On behalf of the consortium, Tom Caris, Business Development Manager at Coolrec, addressed the importance of working on a common European Directive for the waste electrical and electronic equipment treatment.

As part of his presentation, Tom presented the joint policy brief developed by PLAST2bCLEANED together with the Circular Flooring, Creator, Nontox and React projects.

You can check the full presentation here.