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The SOLSTICE project, coordinated by Axel'One and in which Polymeris is a partner, was launched today. Its main objective is to demonstrate 4 replicable systemic solutions for the territorial development of a circular and carbon-neutral economy for the major textile sectors. All stages of waste prevention and management will be integrated into a methodology based on the 5Rs: Refuse / Reduce, Reuse, Repair, Repurpose, Recycle.

CIRCVET - Circular Economy practical training materials for plastics manufacturing industries, an Erasmus+ project financed by the European Commission, is a very interesting and important international initiative focused on promoting Circular Economy (CE) practices within the European plastics industry.

The project is composed by 12 partners from all over Europe: from Spain: AIJU (coordinator) and Universidad de las Palmas de Gran Canaria, from Lithuania: LINPRA Cluster, VPM and Aprc , from Germany: Kunststoff Institut Ludenscheid, from France: Polymeris and Infinitivity Design Lab, from Italy: Università di Trento, HIT and Proplast Cluster and from Portugal: CENTIMFE Cluster.

Composite materials account for 2% of the total mass of a wind turbine, and the aim of the European EoLO-HUBs project is to deploy large-scale technologies for recycling composites from end-of-life wind turbines.

The Spanish technology center AITIIP, coordinator of the project and drawing on its experience in the aeronautics sector, is working on the pre-treatment and preparation of composites prior to the recycling stage. To prepare these composites, the wind turbine blades must first be cut up and cleaned of the surface treatments they have undergone during manufacture.