AIMPLAS, the Plastics Materials Research Association, is participating in the FOAM2FOAM project, which aims to extract feedstock from polyurethane (PU) waste, Recycled mechanically to obtain low value-added products.
PU is a material that comes in many forms, including soft and hard, as well as other materials that highlight lightweighting. Because of this, it is used in a variety of different fields, from foam products for automotive, transportation, and furniture, to packaging, building insulation, electronics, and sports shoe soles.
Unlike PU, which is made from a different material and is often mixed with other materials, there is no easy way to separate it out, so in most cases, it ends up in a landfill. The recycling of PU used to be done mechanically, resulting in a material with low added value.
The I+D Retos Callaboracin framework, funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Innovation and Universities The goal of the FOAM2FOAM project is to apply chemical recycling to waste that decomposes materials in a catalytic glycolysis process using heat, chemicals or catalysts, In this way, new raw materials called green polyols are obtained. In this way, we avoid using raw materials from non-renewable resources to manufacture new products.
The goal of this project is to scale up this process and analyze its efficiency. To this end, Titan Recycling Solutions has created an alliance that also includes Arcesso Dynamics, AMB Electrnica de Brescia, Gaiker and AIMPLAS.
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