Institute for Ecology of Industrial Areas (IETU) is a research institute acting under the Minister of Climate. The R&D and services carried out by IETU focus on environmental challenges posed by industrialised and urbanised areas in the context of circular economy, resource efficiency, adaptation to climate change and mitigation of its effects.
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Objective 1
to design, implement, test and validate the pilot PLC plant for efficient sorting of mixed hard plastic waste
Objective 2
to implement standardized PLC-compatible procedures for mixed hard plastic waste pre-sorting in municipal waste treatment plants and thus to create standardized waste stream as an input to PLCplant (3,500t/y)
Objective 3
to design, implement, test and validate the pilot unit for production of tailored compounds for products manufacturing with 70-90% recycled material from PLC (capacity 400t/y)
Objective 4
to design, implement, test and validate the innovative mobile 3Dprinting prototype with 100% recycled material from PLC (capacity 65t/y)
Objective 5
to establish new circular business network (i.e. PLCnetwork) to boost cooperation between municipal waste treatment plants, plastic-recyclers and converters (12 plants, 3 countries)
Objective 6
to increase the quality of recycled polyolefins reaching levels of food packaging production - 3 newly developed tailored compounds
Objective 7
to develop 5 market-ready products using bulk amounts (70-100%) of PLC-recycled materials
Objective 8
to prepare PLCtechnology replication&transfer starting with environmental decisions for two full-scale plants
Objective 1
to design, implement, test and validate the pilot PLC plant for efficient sorting of mixed hard plastic waste
Objective 2
to implement standardized PLC-compatible procedures for mixed hard plastic waste pre-sorting in municipal waste treatment plants and thus to create standardized waste stream as an input to PLCplant (3,500t/y)
Objective 3
to design, implement, test and validate the pilot unit for production of tailored compounds for products manufacturing with 70-90% recycled material from PLC (capacity 400t/y)
Objective 4
to design, implement, test and validate the innovative mobile 3Dprinting prototype with 100% recycled material from PLC (capacity 65t/y)
Objective 5
to establish new circular business network (i.e. PLCnetwork) to boost cooperation between municipal waste treatment plants, plastic-recyclers and converters (12 plants, 3 countries)
Objective 6
to increase the quality of recycled polyolefins reaching levels of food packaging production - 3 newly developed tailored compounds
Objective 7
to develop 5 market-ready products using bulk amounts (70-100%) of PLC-recycled materials
Objective 8
to prepare PLCtechnology replication&transfer starting with environmental decisions for two full-scale plants
Reduction of greenhouse gases (tons/year)
5355
Reduction of waste (tons/year)
3500
Dissemination and publicity (workshops & conferences)
60
Recycling capacity (tons/year)
2800
The solution for the management of mixed hard PLASTIC waste by applying CIrCuLar Economy approach.
Investeko S.A.
Wojska Polskiego 16G
41-600 Świętochłowice
tel: 32 258 55 80
fax: 32 707 45 33
biuro@investeko.pl
NIP: 634-281-00-82
REGON: 242953362
KRS: 0000420405
plasticLIFEcycle project no. LIFE21/ENV/PL/074161 has received funding from the LIFE Programme of the European Union and from the Polish National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management
