Descrizione del progetto
Un nuovo processo di riciclaggio del PET promette un ottimo futuro per una vera economia circolare
La plastica in polietilene tereftalato (PET) rappresenta uno dei principali inquinanti del mondo e gli sforzi su larga scala per il riciclaggio del PET sono limitati da barriere tecnologiche. Il progetto ChemPET ha sviluppato una tecnologia di riciclaggio chimico in grado di convertire una vasta gamma di plastica PET in bis (2-idrossietil) tereftalato (BHET), l’elemento costitutivo monomerico del PET, che può essere quindi utilizzato per creare PET vergine, chiudendo il circuito dell’economia circolare ed evitando l’uso di substrati di petrolio greggio per produrre nuove materie plastiche in PET. ChemPET cercherà ora di ottimizzare e ampliare questo processo e collaborare attraverso la catena del valore della plastica e del riciclaggio per garantirne un ampio utilizzo.
Obiettivo
The massive industrial use of Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) poses serious economic and environmental problems due to its poor recyclability. Current PET disposal options include incineration, landfilling and recycling while a relevant amount is still dumped into oceans. Landfilling and incineration are however outdated since environmentally unsustainable. Recycling is the preferred option, but a series of technological barriers limit the recycling into high-quality rPET (recycled PET).
The ChemPET project aims to scale-up a cutting-edge chemical recycling technology, based on glycolysis, for PET based waste converting it into monomer BHET.
Currently, there are no alternatives which guarantee efficient results at industrial scale considering heterogeneous PET feedstock. BHET can be newly used as raw material in the production of virgin PET instead of the terephthalic acid (TPA) and the ethylene glycol (EG) that derive from crude oil. This determines advantages for the PET value chain in terms of environmental sustainability, competitiveness and job creation. ChemPET will help Europe to achieve the “Zero Plastics to landfill by 2025”, promoting the Circular Economy and reducing Europe dependency on fossil feedstocks. ChemPET project foresees the technical improvement of ChemPET technology and the valorisation of by-products.
After the optimization of the BHET production phase, GARBO will collaborate with many stakeholders across plastic industry value chain to maximize the business opportunities and foster the uptake of ChemPET technology. The production of chemical recycled PET (crPET) from BHET will close the loop supporting the growth of the circular economy thus reshaping the PET value chain at whole. Large occupational benefits are expected by the replication of ChemPET process.
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H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-2
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