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On May 10, PLAST2bCLEANED attended the Going Green – CARE INNOVATION 2023conference and exhibition on Electronics and Environment held at The International CARE Electronics Office where the latest advancements in circular economy, environmental design, clean manufacturing, resource efficiency, climate change, and new eco-efficient technologies were showcased, in Vienna (Austria).

During the conference, Ainara Pocheville, Iratxe Uría and Oscar Salas, from GAIKER, gave the presentation entitled Advanced sorting classification models based on Raman spectroscopy and chemometrics to improve Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) plastics recycling.

GAIKER’s presentation is available here.

On April 25, TNO visited Fraunhofer facilities to discuss the progress obtained at the plant. The visit was aimed at exploring advancements in the PLAST2bCLEANED Project.

During the visit, TNO representatives were given a tour of the Fraunhofer installations, including the laboratories and research centers. The researchers from Fraunhofer provided detailed insights into the latest developments in their respective fields, highlighting the most recent technologies and innovations and what has been achieved so far.

For TNO, it was a great opportunity to learn about the progress in the recovery unit of PLAST2bCLEANED, among other tasks, and explore potential collaborations with Fraunhofer in the coming future.

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On March 28, PLAST2bCLEANED attended the Electro-Plast 2023 conference organised by Nortal Consulting, a business consultancy specialising in the polymer and plastics industry, to discuss everything that makes up the supply chain, held in Düsseldorf (Germany).

During the conference, Dr. Ronny Hanich-Spahn Scientist at Fraunhofer ICT, gave a presentation entitled Challenges and opportunities of recycled plastics in household appliances, including the performance of PLAST2bCLEANED technologies.

The conference was chaired by Mr. Noru Tsalic, a polymer and plastics industry professional.

FRAUNHOFER ICT presentation is available here.

Campine, PLAST2bCLEANED’s antimony recovery expert visited ICL’s (bromine recovery leader) facilities in Israel, including the plastics laboratory where the testing for PLAST2bCLEANED is carried out.

The objective of Campine’s visit was to continue the cooperation between the two entities so that brominated flame retardants (BFR) and antimony trioxide (ATO), different types of components, become part of the circular economy and keep working on the PLAST2bCLEANED project. Throughout the project, Campine contributes to delivering plastic material with identified bromine and antimony trioxide content and ICL supports the project as advisor about the use of brominated flame retardants and the technology to finally recovery the bromine.

On the other hand, Campine and ICL managers met and discussed about the progress in the recovery of chemicals, antimony, and bromine.

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.