Adaptation of old polycondensation plants to produce high-quality plastics from post-consumer waste

streamsFranco A. Cavadini, CTO

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2011

• gr3n idea tested in

LAB

• Batch process

• Patent

2012-14

• Microwave reactor

• Continuous process

• Patent extension

2015-18

• Testing full scale line

• Horizon 2020 project

• 2M€ granted

2017-20

• Testing full scale plant

• Horizon 2020 project

• 10M€ project (8M€granted)

LAB PRE-PILOT REACTOR PILOT PLANT INDUSTRIAL PLANT

Swiss Incubator 2nd Italian place European finalist

Enrolled in KTI program Awarded KTI label

Horizon 2020 project

Horizon 2020 project

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Virgin PET production

Polyester fibers

PET packagin

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72Mt

48Mt

24Mt

Avg life = 5yrsσ = 1.5yrs

Avg life = 0.5yrsσ = 0.1yrs

Textile waste

Packaging waste

33Mt

23Mt

Recycled textile

Recycled packaging

<0.1Mt

~9Mt(1)

Text…

Packagin…+6Mt

+3Mt

53Mt(2)

37Mt

16Mt

(1) 1.8Mt loss in the recyclingprocess(2) Including secondary production

Landfill and dispersed

Incinerated

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Petrochemicalco

PET produce

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PTAMEG

Polyester fiber

PET Resin

Food & Beverage or PET user

Apparel

Consumer

Municipalities

Packaging

Garment

Waste

Mechanical recycler

Equipment producer

PET bottles

Equipment

Plant

EPC

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Petrochemicalco

PET produce

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Food & Beverage or PET user

Apparel

Consumer

MunicipalitiesMechanical

recycler

Equipment producer

EPC

TextileDifficult to

Recycle PET Packaging

PET monomers

CE-SPIRE05-2019Project “Re-START”

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Reactive Unit Industrial prototype for multiple types of de-polymerization

Engineering adaptation of the polycondensation

process

Deployment of a full on-line

optimization platform

Monitoring, control and

LCA

Retrofittingof industrial

plants

TECHNICAL OBJECTIVE: build a SW/HW platform for the retrofitting of poly-condensation plants for PET, to allow them using post-consumer waste as main raw material. STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE: Create a network of smaller-scale European producer of fully circular PET by linking to the PET/polyester value chain.

Re-START’s SCOPETesting, optimization and

demonstration with highly varied input waste materials

PROJECT TASKS

• Target call: CE-SPIRE-05-2019• Deadline for submission: 21 February 2019 17:00:00• Looking for partners:

• PET producers;• Polycondensation engineering experts;

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Thank you for your attention

Any question?

Franco A. Cavadini, CTOfranco.cavadini@synesis-consortium.eu