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AIMPLAS has coordinated the LIFE EXTRUCLEAN project to obtain a new hazardous plastic waste recycling technology for hazardous substances and mixtures more efficient than the existing one.

The project has been expanded into industrial level and the quality of the obtained materials has been validated, as well as have been quantified the savings in water, cleaning agents and energy, as well as the obtained cleaning efficacy

LIFE EXTRUCLEAN project aims to demonstrate the viability of the implementation of a more efficient technology in the recycling of plastics, specifically in the recycling of polyethylene (PE) packages that have contained hazardous substances, based on the use of supercritical carbon dioxide (sc-CO2), leading to a recycled material free of hazardous contaminants and a recycling process with improved efficiency in comparison with the current technology.

 Plastic packages that have contained hazardous  substances become hazardous waste after use.  EU legislation covering hazardous waste requires  Members States to comply with certain rules  concerning its collection, handling, recycling and  treatment.

 The layman's report is a magazine that serves  to inform decision-makers and non-technical    parties on the objectives of the project and    the results achieved.

 This is a stand-alone document, done in a magazine of 12 pages in total and also available in digital format via the project´s website.

During the first half of the project, EXTRUCLEAN technology was set at pilot plant level and the decontamination process was optimized using polyethylene jerricans contaminated in a controlled way with simulant liquids representative of the different contaminants in hazardous plastic waste. In the second half, implementation of the EXTRUCLEAN technology at industrial scale is carried out and decontamination trials with real hazardous waste are being performed.

In the last months of the project, work is focused on finishing the industrial scale-up processes, involving the use of the new technology at ACTECOS´s facilities and the production of jerricans made from the new recycled polyethylene. The new packages will be validated for the transport of hazardous substances and miscellaneous. Other aspects like the economic viability and the reduction of the environmental impact with the production and use of the new packages will also be defined in the last stage. The project is programmed to end on 30th June 2017

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The project has demonstrated the effectiveness of the new technology for decontamination of hazardous plastic waste at pilot plant scale, being up to a 70% more effective than the traditional decontamination processes.

During the first half of the project, EXTRUCLEAN technology was set at pilot plant level and the decontamination process was optimized using polyethylene jerricans contaminated in a controlled way with simulant liquids representative of the different contaminants in hazardous plastic waste. In the second half, implementation of the EXTRUCLEAN technology at industrial scale has been carried out and the start-up of the new recycling line was performed at ACTECO facilities. This will enable to obtain the new recycled PE at industrial scale for the production of jerricans for hazardous substances in the beginning of 2017.

Aimplas will exhibit at K tradefair with an information booth from 19 till 26 of October 2016 in Düsseldorf (Germany), where Life Extruclean will be presented.

K fair is the most important fair in the sector of plastics and rubber where the most important companies of the sector exhibit achieving the number of more than 3.000 exhibitors.

booth location: Hall 7 level 1 B41

On 12th October 2016, Life Extruclean project will be presented at the Comittee of the Regions (CoR) in Brussels as an example of a project that applies circular economy

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The LIFE EXTRUCLEAN project (LIFE13 ENV/ES/000067) has developed an innovative process to remove hazardous substances from plastic waste. This represents a good example of upcycling: creating a higher quality recycled material. This type of upcycling is particularly relevant to the new EU Circular Economy Package (December 2015), which prioritises approaches that address hazardous substances.

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Objectives and results up to now

 The project has demonstrated the effectiveness of the new technology for decontamination of hazardous plastic waste at pilot plant scale, being more effective than traditional decontamination process.

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AIMPLAS, together with AIDIMME, ARVET, ACTECO and ENPLAST, coordinates the project LIFE EXTRUCLEAN. Thanks to new decontamination technologies, it has been achieved to eliminate 70 % more contaminant substances than with the conventional process.

In the coming months, the project will be scaled at industrial level and the use of the material obtained in the manufacture of new packages will be validated. 

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LIFE EXTRUCLEAN project will be presented by AIDIMA on 24th May 2016 at the seminar “Connected industry 4.0, additive manufacturing and 3D printing”, organized by AIDIMA and ARVET.

Place: AIDIMA – Parque Tecnológico – C/ Benjamín Franklin  13 – Paterna

Registrations by email:  formacion@aidima.es

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LIFE EXTRUCLEAN project will participate on 26th of May, through its partner ACTECO in the conference “Financing Opportunities 2016 for the Chemical sector”, that it will take place in  Valencia’s Chamber of Commerce.

Place: Salon de Actos-Valencia’s Chamber of commerce

Address: C/ Poeta Querol,15 – Valencia

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Organized by Quimacova, Cámara and REDIT

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This new publication from the LIFE programme, the EU's fund for the environment and climate action, highlights the achievements and value for money of the most outstanding Environment projects completed before the end of 2014.

The 25 featured projects - drawn from nine EU   Member States – showcase examples of practical solutions to many of the most pressing environmental challenges of the age, including  reducing greenhouse gas emissions and adapting to climate change, using water less wastefully, protecting soil quality, managing and reusing waste and developing greener manufacturing processes. 

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LIFE EXTRUCLEAN’s project objective is to eliminate toxicity of plastic waste coming from plastic packages that have contained hazardous substances, like solvents or phytosanitary products, using carbon dioxide (sc-CO2) in supercritical conditions in the extrusion process. The use of sc-CO2 is an alternative to traditional decontaminating processes that consume big amounts of water and other cleaning agents to eliminate toxicity.

Mr. Angel Martínez- Plastic Recycling director of Acteco will presentate the objectives of the project LIFE EXTRUCLEAN, up-to-date advances and expected results.

Date and place: 6th November 2015 Wiesbaden-Germany 

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The Cleaning and Hygiene association of Spanish Manufacturers, ASFEL, which is part of ARVET, will be exhibiting at Hygienalia+Pulire trade show, that will be held in Madrid from 27th - 29th October 2015.

The association will have an information booth, where brochures about LIFE-EXTRUCLEAN will be displayed and distributed to potential clients.

ASFEL will inform all potential customers and possible users about the project that is being carried out.

Companies interested in receiving more information on this project, can visit the ASFEL booth G50 during Hygienalia+Pulire trade show.

More information: http://www.life-extruclean.eu/

AIDIMA presents the Project EXTRUCLEAN in the seminar Infoday Regional LIFE2015 projects, organised by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Generalitat Valenciana, Camara Valencia, EEN, Seimed and Redit, held at Lluís Vives Business School (Valencia-Spain) on 14th July 2015, where other associated members of the project attended

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What is LIFE EXTRUCLEAN project about?

LIFE EXTRUCLEAN project aims to demonstrate the viability of the implementation of the supercritical fluids extraction (SFE) technology, in the extrusion process involved in plastics recycling, leading to a recycled material free of hazardous contaminants and a recycling process with improved efficiency, in comparison with the current technology, for hazardous plastic waste (reduced number of washing & drying stages involved, less energy and resources consumption, less effluents to manage).

The EXTRUCLEAN Project will be presented at the 27th IAPRI Symposium 2015 that will be held in Valencia (Spain) from 8th to 11th June. IAPRI is the International Association of Packaging Research Institutes and annually organizes this event assembling students and researcher from worldwide that share their experiences and works in the packaging field.

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LIFE EXTRUCLEAN partners participate in an European IPR Helpdesk seminar about Results Protection as a previous step to prepare their “Exploitation and Commercialization Plan”.

This seminar will take place on the 18th May via webex.

Aimplas participates at the fair HISPACK (Barcelone 21-24th April 2015)  and makes a presentation of the project LIFE EXTRUCLEAN

Trendpack - Sustainable Packaging

Tuesday, 21st April 2015 from 10.30-11.00 hrs.

Innovation on valuation of plastic waste. Use in the packaging industry

Eva Verdejo – Aimplas

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ECOFLEXOBAG is a European project that has as main objective the reduction of the environmental impact of commercial plastic bags. The project deals with the development and demonstration of an innovative methodology for the systematic application of ecodesign in SMEs manufacturing commercial bags.