REVALORIZA II

Objective

Application, adaptation and optimisation of the chemical recycling methods, depolymerisation, developed during REVALORIZA I on post-consumer biodegradable plastic packaging, for example PLA or PHAs, in a real environment, with the aim of obtaining compounds that can be used as building blocks in the development of new bio-based polymers and other added-value compounds with applications in industries related to packaging, for example chemicals, packaging, coatings, adhesives, among others.

Activities

1. Adaptation of packaging waste to the recycling process
2. Optimisation of chemical recycling processes for biopolymers and application to post-consumer packaging.
3. Development of chemical polymerisation processes using building blocks obtained through chemical recycling
4. Communication and dissemination of the project
5. Transfer of results

Results

• Validation of chemical recycling technologies applied to post-consumer biodegradable packaging.
• Valorisation of bioplastic waste by obtaining high added-value intermediate compounds.
• Definition of conditioning and sanitisation processes for post-consumer packaging, promoting their integration into circular economy strategies.
• Modelling study and advanced computational tools to support the design and optimisation of materials.

2023 – REVALORIZA II RESULTS

Dissemination/Transfer

• Project poster

Press releases

• AINIA will develop 13 new R&D projects funded by IVACE
• AINIA researches more efficient technologies to obtain biopolymers from packaging waste
• AINIA highlights the importance of consumers in the European Green Capital
• Progress in the chemical recycling of biodegradable waste as an alternative to composting

Outreach articles

• Chemical Recycling: Transforming plastic waste into valuable compounds. REVALORIZA II project
• The impact of innovation on the development of the cosmetics industry
• Beyond composting: the potential of chemical recycling in biodegradable waste

Internal communication

• We have submitted 13 proposals to the IVACE-FEDER 2023 call for aid and one to the DGI
• Five of the 13 IVACE FEDER projects we are working on this year have just been completed

Video

• Chemical recycling: an innovative alternative to composting for biodegradable waste

Photos

• Photo session: Chemical recycling, an innovative alternative to composting for biodegradable waste