The RECREATE project - Technol
The RECREATE project takes up the challenge of the Programme area relating to the transition to a circular economy by proposing a circular economy model for fibre-reinforced composite materials (FRC), capable of improving the environmental sustainability of the Program area by reducing the quantity of the waste produced and improving the management of FRC waste in the Programme area.
ABOUT
RECREATE project aims to capitalize some of the strategic results of the Interreg Italy-Slovenia 14-20 Retracking project by proposing a recycling methodology capable of introducing new products made from FRC (fibre-reinforced composites) recycled material into the economic system. The circular economy model will be tested by two entities belonging to the value chain: a public body and a company that uses FRC. The municipal FRC waste will be included for the first time, for which the greatest management difficulties currently exist, into the circular economy model. An Italian Municipality (Comune di Spinea) and a Slovenian private company (Technol) will acquire recycled CFR products, demonstrating the possibility of applying the circular model to public and private bodies and defining the path for its extension to the Italy-Slovenia Programme area. The partnership is composed by 1 Lead Partner and 5 Project Partners from the eligible cross border area of Italy-Slovenia Programme. They represent public and private entities that cooperate through their competences and expertise (practical application of circular economy models in different sectors, technological transfer, public administration, manufacturing sector of big companies and SMEs, ESG sustainability) for the accomplishment of the project objectives.
THE PROJECT CARRIES OUT THREE MAIN ACTIONS
1) Project Coordination;
2) FRC waste collection that requires the involvement of the citizens of the municipality and the operative staff of the private company. For this action, the partners will elaborate the Guidelines for the correct identification, treatment, management and preparation of FRC waste defined in the Program area which can be used by additional waste management companies. The rules for cross-border transportation/exportation of FRC waste (from Slovenian company to Italian company responsible for the recycling process) will be identified. The operators of waste utilities will be trained. The companies of the manufacturing and small businesses sectors will benefit of capacity building activities about economic circularity, green transition and zero waste policies. These ones will be involved at one-day study visit in Italy, in order to transfer best practices on the re-usage of FRC material within the industrial sector and its interoperability with the urban sector. The citizens will be sensitized through a public campaign on recycling, re-using and collecting FRC waste. This campaign will tackle many relevant topics dealing with the right waste collection at municipal level and the practical usability of the circular economy model.
3) FRC production requires that the waste will be recycled and the resulting products will be analyzed, produced by following specific production standards, certified and integrated into the municipality’s public spaces and into the company’s production process. Protocols for the acquisition of CFR products will be developed by public bodies and companies in the Programme area, pertinent with Italian and Slovenian legislation. The main actions will be accompanied by communication actions, dissemination events, launching and participatory events with citizens and public and private bodies.
Project Name: RECREATE
Start/end: 25.09.2023 – 24.09.2025
Budget: 595.740,70 eur
ERDF Budget: 476.592,56 eur
Internal contacts
Jaka Šturm, jaka.sturm(at)technol.si
Eleonora Jenko, eleonora.jenko(at)technol.si
Website
https://www.ita-slo.eu/en/recreate