EU Projects
ISWA collaborates on a number of EU funded projects, acting as a communication and dissemination partner in consortiums tackling varying issues in and around waste management. With these activities ISWA acts as knowledge multiplier, promoting sustainable waste management according to its mission. ISWA also acts as representative of the waste management industry and conduit to other industrial stakeholders. Please see below for some of active projects.
ALMA - Advanced Light Materials and Processes for the Eco-Design of Electric Vehicles
ALMA will develop a novel battery electric vehicle (BEV) structure for a passenger car with 45% weight reduction potential compared to current baseline at affordable costs.
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Guest Blog: RECLAIM Project in Full Swing
One of the EU projects in which ISWA participates is RECLAIM. A project consortium is working on the first portable, robotic Material Recovery Facility (prMRF): an innovative waste separation installation intended for remote areas like the Ionian Islands Region. The...
MultiCycle: Four years of innovative recycling
After 4 years of collaborative hard work from November 2018 to April 2022, the MultiCycle project has come to a conclusion. The project primarily focused on delivering an innovative recycling pilot plan and demonstrate that the resulting processes from the physical...
Ecobulk Wrapped: 2021 in Review
If you think circularity for plastics is easy, try closing the loop on composites. Not just because it is a challenge, thought it certainly is, but because it is necessary. As composites continue to play a growing role in sustainability, so does their lack of...
Previous EU Projects
DECOAT - Recycling of coated and painted textile and plastic materials
DECOAT will enable circular use of textiles and plastic parts with (multilayer) ‘coatings’, which are typically not recyclable yet. Novel triggerable smart polymer material systems and the corresponding recycling processes will be developed.
MultiCycle - advanced, sustainable recycling of plastic-based multi-materials
The MultiCycle project is demonstrating advanced and sustainable recycling processes and value chains for plastic-based multi-layer packaging and fibre reinforced automotive components.
ECOBULK - Circular Composite Bulky Products
A project dedicated to demonstrating circular applications for the furniture, automotive and construction industries using composite plastic materials by redesigning the entire chain. The project finished in November 2021.
Read about the project and its legacy at www.ecobulk.eu and follow the lessons learned in design, circular materials and the supporting technologies through the free online training MOOC courses.