PURfection PolyUrethane Recycling – Favorable Economic, Circular and Technical InnovatiON
| PURfection will pursue total recyclability of the high-performance and difficult to replace plastic material polyurethane (PUR). Its excellent performance and extensive range of applications have resulted in 24 m tonnes of PUR being produced each year, a number predicted to grow by 7% the coming years. Today’s PUR recycling methods have reached their final development stage rendering 70% of all future PUR waste destined for landfilling or incineration. PURfections predecessor, RePURpose, successfully identified both key infliction points in the existing PUR value chain and developed novel recycling technology. PURfection will convert these findings to innovation by implementing closed-loop recycling for PUR production spill and deliver proof-of-concept for full recycling of end-of-life (EoL) PUR waste streams. All developed solutions will be evaluated using techno-economic analysis and life-cycle-assessment tools and become part of proving new value chains and business models for PUR recycling. PURfection holds the potential to eliminate 7% of the total Danish CO2-eq emissions from incineration of plastic waste, while simultaneously aiding the consortium partners to expand their market shares of 5%, corresponding to double-digit m EUR in value capture. With an onset at kilogram scale, PURfection will collect, chemically deconstruct, and separate PUR waste streams into valuable chemical building blocks, that will reenter the production of new PUR products. |
Key figures
Period:
2023 - 2026
Funding year:
2022
Own financial contribution:
8.41 mio. DKK
Grant:
12.01 mio. DKK
Funding rate:
59 %
Project budget:
20.41 mio. DKK
Category
Programme
Innovationsfonden
Technology
Bio and waste
Keywords
Cirkulær økonomi
Materialeudvikling
Case no.
2079-00029A
Participants
Teknologisk Institut (Main Responsible)
Partners and economy
| Partner | Subsidy | Auto financing |
|---|---|---|
| Teknologisk Institut | 3,30 mio. DKK | 2,20 mio. DKK |
| FLSmidth A/S | 0,97 mio. DKK | 1,46 mio. DKK |
| BASF A/S | 0,65 mio. DKK | 0,98 mio. DKK |
| Aarhus Universitet | 5,00 mio. DKK | 0,57 mio. DKK |
| Københavns Kommune | 0,07 mio. DKK | |
| DAN-FOAM ApS | 1,17 mio. DKK | 1,76 mio. DKK |
| H. J. Hansen genvindingsindustri A/S | 0,24 mio. DKK | 0,37 mio. DKK |
| TINBY A/S | 0,37 mio. DKK | 0,55 mio. DKK |
| PLIXXENT A/S | 0,24 mio. DKK | 0,37 mio. DKK |
| Eldan Recycling A/S | 0,06 mio. DKK | 0,09 mio. DKK |
