PEACOC was a pre-commercial H2020 pilot project for the efficient recovery of precious metals from European end of life resources with novel low-cost technologies.
The Hungarian Ministry of Finance approved a HUF 197.85 million non-refundable grant for Hutoepito, the parent company of KleanLabs, in order to fund research, development and innovation activities under the Upcycling of closed-cell rigid polyurethane foams project, which ran until 31 January 2025.
The consortium CIRCULAR FoodPack worked on solutions to enable the circular use of plastic packaging, focusing on the most sensitive product category: food. The project aimed to develop recyclable packaging with at least 50% post-consumer recyclates incorporated behind a functional barrier.
Coffeefrom is an innovative project from Italy. It recovers coffee grounds from the food industry and blends them with biopolymers to form a new bio-based material that is a durable and resistant alternative to single-use plastic.
The LIFE CIRC-ELV project has developed a new process for managing end-of-life vehicles to recover bumpers and fuel tanks, recycle the materials and use them to manufacture pipes and new parts for vehicles. Using this recycled plastic in products from this industry and others will help reduce the carbon footprint by 85%.
