Description du projet
Nouvelle méthode pour gérer les déchets de tissus acryliques
Extrêmement durables et capables de repousser l’eau, les tissus acryliques sont largement utilisés pour les auvents extérieurs et les meubles de terrasse. Toutefois, afin de disposer des caractéristiques requises pour une telle utilisation, il est nécessaire d’appliquer des finitions chimiques aux tissus acryliques pour augmenter leur pouvoir hydrophobe et oléophobe, leur résistance aux UV et au feu. Ce traitement complique la gestion des déchets de textile acrylique. Le projet REACT, financé par l’UE, développe un processus écologique destiné à éliminer les produits chimiques dangereux des substances de finition (fluorocarbures, mélamine et résines acryliques, agents antimoisissures), qui affectent la pureté des matières premières secondaires et leur gestion. Un processus de recyclage mécanique suivra pour obtenir des fibres et des tissus de seconde vie. L’objectif est de réduire d’au moins 30 % la quantité de mise en décharge et d’incinération des textiles acryliques pour le secteur extérieur (auvents et meubles).
Objectif
Recycle is a common word used always more and more but continues to be low in the EU, while landfill and incineration rates remain high. One of the major problems is to have secondary raw material similar to virgin one. This is because of contamination, treatments, and so on, that lowen product performance.
The REACT proposal will address the management of waste acrylic textiles coming from outdoor awnings and furnishing. A clue issue is the analysis and removal of finishing substances (fluorocarbons, melamine and acrylic resins, anti-mold agents) that affect the secondary raw material purity and their management. Then a mechanical recycling process will be implemented to obtain second life fiber and fabrics, which performance will be tested for best application.
A full environment friendly process to remove hazardous materials on finishing of waste acrylic textile will be investigated and developed to enhance their recycling, improve sustainability and reduce environmental and health risk. The removing of finishing products via chemical reaction will involve the combination of many factors and has never been studied in this sector.
Final goal is a fully compatible recycled acrylic textile for reuse and guidelines for hazardous chemicals removing from finished textile with innovative investigation techniques.
The main objectives of this proposal, 36 months long, are therefore: to remove those substances up to 93%; re-use the acrylic textiles as raw material for other production cycles, also in combination with virgin fibres to reach 3,300 tons total of waste prevented from disposal; reduce the amount of landfill and incineration of acrylic textiles of at least 30% for the outdoor sector (awnings and furnishing).
At the end of the project, we aim to set recommendations on the design and manufacturing of materials for recyclability and on the recycling process for standardization of the whole process, that would be applied on other sectors.
Champ scientifique
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Programme(s)
- H2020-EU.3.5. - SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Climate action, Environment, Resource Efficiency and Raw Materials Main Programme
- H2020-EU.3.5.4. - Enabling the transition towards a green economy and society through eco-innovation
- H2020-EU.3.5.3.2. - Promote the sustainable supply and use of raw materials, including mineral resources, from land and sea, covering exploration, extraction, processing, re-use, recycling and recovery
Régime de financement
RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinateur
21052 Busto Arsizio
Italie
L’entreprise s’est définie comme une PME (petite et moyenne entreprise) au moment de la signature de la convention de subvention.