A project developed by a solid corporate consortium

In the course of the project, the following issues will be addressed ; research into the processes of separation and identification of complex polymeric waste;mixed technologies of thermal, chemical and biotechnological recycling; isolation and purification of chemical units of great interest to industry ;synthesis of speciality chemicals;polymeric formulations and ecodesigns of products.

These tasks will be performed by a consortium made up of eight companies – ACTECO PRODUCTOS Y SERVICIOS, CELLMAT TECHNOLOGIES, GRUPOCOPO, PICVISA MACHINE VISION SYSTEMS, REPSOL, SEAT, SYNTHESIA TECHNOLOGY EUROPE AND TÉCNICAS REUNIDAS— and will be led by the latter.

These eight companies who possess proven knowledge in different technological domains, will be responsible for the planned work in accordance with the following distribution:industrial research of studies of composition and origin of waste derived from the automotive sector ( SEAT ) and for industrial waste from rejects ( GRUPO COPO );identification and separation of streams of complex plastic waste ( PICVISA and ACTECO ) ;alternative recycling methodologies with substantial improvements based on thermal treatments ( TECNICAS REUNIDAS ), biotechnologies ( REPSOL ) and chemical ( SYNTHESIA, ACTECO and CELLMAT TECHNOLOGIES ) ;stages of purification and isolation of chemical units of interest ( TECNICAS REUNIDAS ) ; synthesis of thermoplastic and thermostable specialities ( SYNTHESIA and CELLMAT TECHNOLOGIES ): polymer formulations ( CELLMAT TECHNOLOGIES and GRUPO COPO ) , ecodesign and product manufacture ( GRUPO COPO and SEAT ).

Corporate Consortium

The corporate consortium is made up of:

Collaborating entities

The entities collaborating with the project are:

The coordination of the project is the responsibility of CETIM, which will also carry out, among other tasks, the analysis of complex plastic waste,giving support to the partners in the ecodesign of the recycling technological routes, collaboration in the research of the different thermal, chemical and biological technologies, and the analysis of the products which are finally proposed.

The project, which will run for 38 months,will have a budget of 7.3 milion euros with a subsidy of 4.4 million, that is,the eqivalent of 59% of the budget.

ECLIPSE also reckons on the cooperation of seven other research bodies: the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV), Universidad of Zaragoza (UNIZAR), Centre of Technology for Multisectorial Research (CETIM), Centre of Tecnology LEITAT,University de Valladolid (UVA), Chemical Institute of Sarriá (IQS), Centre for AutomotiveTechnology Galicia (CTAG) and the National Centre for Supercomputing (BSC).

Each and every one of the companies in the consortium have strategic interests in the project and seek to establish efficient recycling systems,by increasing the competitiveness of the recycling and automotive sectors. The strategy of the consortium draws from a multidisciplinary and multisectorial focus,pursuing the implementation of new models of the circular economy, the promotion of the recycling of complex plastic waste and the reduction of the dependence of the exploitation and production market on petroleum derivatives.