Resourcing Plastics from the City

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG V-A France - Belgium - The Netherlands - United Kingdom (Les Deux Mers / Two seas / Twee Zeeën)

Date of latest update: 2024-12-17

Description

Description (EN):

The objective of the project is to develop replicable strategies and solutions to increase recycling rates of secondary plastic resources in urban areas, and demonstrate this in 4 cities in the 2S area through creating local plastic reuse and refinery hubs.The project develops/demonstrates strategies for logistics, pretreatment and reprocessing, amongst others by using a mobile unit, induces behavioral change through urban platforms, and develops business cases for at least 4 new value chains.

Achievements (EN):

Using input from local administrations and business representatives, the research partners have developed a strategy for the effective recycling of plastics that are currently lost in an urban environment. Through the creation of a mobile plastics waste recycling laboratory, in which plastic waste fragments can be analysed, characterised and converted into new raw materials (e.g. granulates), PlastiCity has demonstrated the potential of selected plastic waste fractions on a laboratory scale. In total, the partnership has collected about 2000 tonnes of plastic waste from local companies in their regions through innovative transport methods that can be easily applied in urban environments. A portion of these collections has been used by the researchers to make generic characterisations by type of plastic, which were then the basis for design exercises. The stream not processed in the mobile unit was processed by business partners specialised in the recycling of rigid plastics and transparent films. Furthermore, in three cities, local authorities took steps to develop PlastiCity hubs where separately sorted plastic waste can be processed into new raw materials by local recycling companies. These initiatives involve partnerships with local businesses and schools. The research partners conducted studies on business attitudes towards plastic waste recycling and the possibilities of building hyper-local plastic film recycling plants in an urban environment with interesting results. New potential products were develloped and detailed material composition studies and material flow analysis have been conducted giving valuable insight in the world of lost plastics. Finally, during the course of 2022, after the lifting of Covid 19 restrictions, it was finally possible to take the mobile unit on the road. Hence the roadshow with the mobile unit started, giving tours and demonstrations to businesses, city councils, policy makers, students, schools and the general public.

Website: https://www.plasticityproject.eu/

Delivered Outputs (EN):

The main project output is a strategy to create PlastiCity hubs to significantly increase the recycling rates lost plastics in urban environments in the 2 Seas area. This led to 5 local plastic waste valorisation hubs as local networks of relevant partners/infrastructures, supported by a digital environment/Urban Platform, aiming at increasing the quantity/quality and at optimizing logistics of plastics recycling in the region and 2 mobile units focused one on characterisation, testing and demonstration and the other on advanced logistics. Furthermore, to support the increase the recycling rates lost plastics in urban environments in the 2 Seas area and guarantee the transfer of these solutions in other regions, the project has developed: ● A replicable strategy to produce case specific solutions for collection, sorting and reprocessing of currently wasted; ● 7 innovative methodologies to deliver tailored solutions for logistics and lumping waste streams with optimised balance between quantity and quality of plastic collection and reprocessing; ● 4 Urban Platforms related to plastic waste recycling; ● 8 Business models and business cases for four new value chains from previously untapped plastic waste resources; and ● 10 Demonstration of newly designed products from previously untapped plastic waste resources. Check the “Outputs” section below to download related material and see “Main Achievements” section for further information about the achieved results.

Thematic information

Waste and pollution

Specific Objective: Increase the adoption of new circular economy solutions in the 2 Seas area

Thematic Objective: (06) preserving and protecting the environment and promoting resource efficiency by:

Investment Priority: (06g) supporting industrial transition towards a resource- efficient economy, promoting green growth, eco-innovation and environmental performance management in the public and private sectors

Partners (13)

Lead Partner: Stad Gent

Department: Department of Sustainable Urban Development & Economy - Economy Division

Address: Keizer Karelstraat 1, 9000 Gent, Belgium

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 1 021 591.61

ERDF budget: EUR 612 954.96

WeLOOP

Name: WeLOOP

Address: 254 Rue du Bourg, 59130 Lambersart, France

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 84 964.70

ERDF budget: EUR 50 978.83

Theys Recyclage

Name: Theys Recyclage

Address: 451 Rue du Galibot, 59167 Lallaing, France

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 699 273.46

ERDF budget: EUR 349 636.72

GRCT

Name: GRCT

Address: Moerbroek 6, 2270 Herenthout, Belgium

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 735 686.46

ERDF budget: EUR 367 843.21

D.P.L. Group Plastic Recycling

Name: D.P.L. Group Plastic Recycling

Address: Industrielaan 16, 8810 Lichtervelde, Belgium

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 703 176.26

ERDF budget: EUR 421 905.76

Metabolic B.V.

Name: Metabolic B.V.

Address: Klimopweg 150, 1032 HX Amsterdam, Netherlands

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 270 179.30

ERDF budget: EUR 162 107.58

Association pour la Recherche et le Développement des Méthodes et Processus Industriels (ARMINES)

Name: Association pour la Recherche et le Développement des Méthodes et Processus Industriels (ARMINES)

Department: Département Technologie des Polymères et Composites & Ingénierie Mécanique – IMT Lille Douai (DTPCIM)

Address: Rue Charles Bourseul 941, 59508 Douai Cedex, France

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 100 776.69

ERDF budget: EUR 60 466.01

Team2

Name: Team2

Address: Base 11/19 Rue de Bourgogne, 62750 Loos-en-Gohelle, France

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 266 519.76

ERDF budget: EUR 159 911.86

Van Werven België bvba

Name: Van Werven België bvba

Department: Kunststofrecycling

Address: Europark 114, 3620 Lannaken, Belgium

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 88 615.28

ERDF budget: EUR 53 169.17

Gemeente Den Haag

Name: Gemeente Den Haag

Department: Department of (Environmerntal) Policies

Address: Spui 70, 2511 BT Den Haag, Netherlands

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 749 485.99

ERDF budget: EUR 449 691.60

Southend on Sea Borough Council (SBC)

Name: Southend on Sea Borough Council (SBC)

Department: Department for PLACE

Address: Victoria Avenue, SS2 6ER Southend on Sea, United Kingdom

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 1 118 362.11

ERDF budget: EUR 671 017.27

University of Portsmouth Higher Education Corporation

Name: University of Portsmouth Higher Education Corporation

Department: Cluster for Sustainable Cities/ Faculty of Creative and Cultural Industries (CCI)

Address: Eldon Building, Winston Churchill Avenue, PO1 2DJ Portsmouth, United Kingdom

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 618 960.38

ERDF budget: EUR 371 376.23

Universiteit Gent

Name: Universiteit Gent

Department: IBW, MATCH-CPMT and ENVOC

Address: Coupure Links 653, 9000 Gent, Belgium

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 2 048 031.34

ERDF budget: EUR 1 228 818.80

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WeLOOP

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Theys Recyclage

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GRCT

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D.P.L. Group Plastic Recycling

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Metabolic B.V.

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Association pour la Recherche et le Développement des Méthodes et Processus Industriels (ARMINES)

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Team2

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Van Werven België bvba

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Gemeente Den Haag

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Southend on Sea Borough Council (SBC)

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University of Portsmouth Higher Education Corporation

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Universiteit Gent

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City of Ghent

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Summary

Project name (EN): Resourcing Plastics from the City

Project acronym: PlastiCity

Project start date: 2019-01-01

Project end date: 2023-03-31

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 8 505 623.34

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 4 959 878.00

Total EU funding (co-financing rate): 0.58%

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PlastiCity Mobile Unit for characterisation and pre-processing of plastic waste.

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Type of document: Video / film

Data source: http://www.interreg2seas.eu/

Publication date: 2023-10-23

Document date: 2021-10-12

Languages: en

Reports

Strategies for Reverse Logistics related to plastic waste

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: http://www.interreg2seas.eu/

Publication date: 2023-10-23

Document date: 2021-12-31

Languages: en

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2014 - 2020 INTERREG V-A France - Belgium - The Netherlands - United Kingdom (Les Deux Mers / Two seas / Twee Zeeën)

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