The CIP proejct started in March 2022 and is expected to be completed after 3 years. The CIP project has a budget of 41 mio. DKK, whereof 18 mio. DKK is funded by the Ministry for Environment under the program for the Environmental Technology Development and Demonstration Program (MUDP). https://www.circularindustrialplastic.dk/
Today, many industrial products made of plastic are burnt or deposited after use because they either are not designed for recycling or because the available recycling technologies cannot handle the products.
Many industrial plastic products are not designed for recycling but for fulfilling a specific function in the integrated industrial products making recycling and circularity economically and environmentally impracticable. The lack of commercially available recycling technologies for industrial plastic in combination with many different types of plastic is a major barrier for recycling.
The CIP project will demonstrate new recycling paths for plastic materials from participating companies from three different industries: technical, medical and consumer. Plastic waste from industries will be matched with the best available recycling technology enabling the plastic fraction to maintain as high value as possible in the recycling supply chain.
The CIP project will increase the amount of recycled industrial plastic with 20% in year 2025 by developing and improving recycling technologies for handling complex waste fractions from the industry. The project will create new combined waste streams creating waste volume making upscaling of technologies feasible and economically relevant. At the same time the project will provide insight and input for product owners for modifying and designing their products for improved recycling.
At the completion of the project, the objective will be to demonstrate full-scale solutions for selected products within the categories of medical, technical, and consumer plastics, and to demonstrate the interaction of new recovery technologies in the circular flow. Furthermore, the ambition is that the CIP project will give Danish companies access to new knowledge and technologies for establishing circular flows within plastics.
By 2025, the consortium is aiming to:
