a circular
multilayer plastic approach
for value retention of
end-life multilayer films.

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Project

What is Cimpa ?

CIMPA- A CIrcular Multilayer Plastic Approach for value retention of end-of-life multilayer films- is a EU funded, H2020 project, that will develop a recycling value chain for post-industrial and post-consumer multilayer films (from food and agricultural applications). 

 Through this three-year-long project, 13 partners from 5 countries, covering the whole value chain of the sorting, separation, recycling and manufacturing of multilayers materials, will work together to find innovative solutions that will turn this waste stream into a fully circular model. 

CIMPA will develop the first recycling value chain for post-industrial and post-consumer multilayer films, contributing to a circular economy in which plastics never go to waste.

Objectives

CIMPA  will develop a recycling value chain for post-industrial and post-consumer multilayer films (from food and agricultural applications) to retain 12 up to 72% of their value yield based on a synergetic approach combining:

i. innovative compositional sorting (combining Near InfraRed NIR- and digital watermarking sorting),

ii. mechanical and physical (dissolution) recycling,

iii. decontamination processes (advanced scCO2-based decontamination),

iv. upgrading (properties tuning) solutions.

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement N°101003864.  This website reflects the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.