PRIMUS: Get to know the project

One reason for this is that plastics are complex materials and they are used in a wide range of different applications, and recycling these complex plastic products and components usually generates low value materials, so burning it for heat or electricity is economically viable. But not environmentally viable.

PRIMUS Project wants to change this by researching new polymer recycling technologies that allow us to produce new technically and safety compliant recycled materials that can be used for manufacturing high value products, so collecting and recycling plastics becomes now economically feasible, as well as good for the environment.

Increasing the collection and recycling of waste plastics will not only help protecting the environment but will also boost a new emerging industrial economy with the creation of thousands of jobs throughout Europe.

Project Objectives:

• Develop sound methodologies for waste plastic sampling, pre-treatment and characterisation.

• Develop a robust recycled plastic supply chain, safe, secure, and dependable.

• Engage citizens into recyclate acceptance and contribution to the recycled plastic economy.

• Design solid methodologies to assess the environmental impact of plastic recycling.

This project is supported by the European Union with a 7 million euro grant for the next 3 years from the Horizon Europe Programme through the European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HADEA) under the Grant Agreement No. 101057067.