CIRCULAR FoodPack
- Bayerische Forschungsallianz Bavarian Research Alliance GmbH - Germany,
- AMCOR - Flexibles Kreuzlingen AG - Switzerland,
- AMCOR Flexibles Transpac - Belgium,
- Universiteit Gent - Belgium,
- Iris Technology Solutions, Sociedad Limitada - Spain,
- Polysecure GmbH - Germany,
- Kreyenborg GmbH & Co. KG. - Germany,
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) - Germany,
- Societe des Produits Nestle SA - Switzerland,
- Siegwerk Druckfarben AG & Co. KGaA - Germany,
- ECOZEPT France - France,
- ECOZEPT GbR - Germany,
- Ethnicon Metsovion Polytechnion - Greece,
- Universiteit Maastrich - Netherlands,
- SUEZ - France
Food packaging applies a large share of all European flexible plastic-plastic multilayer composites (MLC), which are not recyclable by current processes. The EU-funded CIRCULAR FoodPack project will address this challenge and facilitate the circular use of plastic packaging by producing high-quality recycled polyethylene using sensor-based specification or tracer-based sorting, deinking and thermally assisted deodorisation as well as solvent-based or mechanical recycling processes. The innovative designs of recyclable and food-safe mono-material laminates will enable reuse in high-value film applications, with upcoming food packaging marking with deinkable tracers. This will allow food packaging to be included in the circular economy, enabling reuse in the same high-value product sector by removing undesirable substances from secondary raw materials.
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