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Glass Fibre Composite Recycling for Sustainable Future
CompositeCircle
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CompositeCircle

PROGRAMME 2021-2027
priority
3 Climate-neutral societies
objective
3.1 Circular economy
Project type
Core Project
Implementation
March 2025 - February 2028
Technical details

CompositeCircle

In the project CompositeCircle, coordinated industry efforts, adapted infrastructure and sustainable recovery methods enable the recycling of glass fibre-reinforced polymer composites across borders, reducing their environmental impact.
Project summary

The increasing use of glass fibre-reinforced polymer composite products across various industries, particularly in wind power installations, is accompanied by significant waste management challenges at their end-of-life. The primary objective is to establish synchronized transnational value chains for the circularity of glass fibre-reinforced polymer composite products. A transnational approach is essential, pooling industry capacities across the region to create an economically viable recycling infrastructure. Actors along the value chain will be mobilized, existing recycling infrastructure will be adapted, and activities within circular loops will be coordinated. Key activities, such as onsite sorting, logistics, storage, and pretreatment of waste to prepare it for recycling and coprocessing in cement kilns will be facilitated, leveraging existing infrastructure for circularity of materials. Furthermore, the recovery of glass fibre and resin through the solvolysis process and reuse of these materials in composite manufacturing will be demonstrated, thereby promoting sustainability and reducing environmental impact across the Baltic Sea region. Sustainability and further expansion of the circular loops will be ensured by delivering a guidebook, which will serve as a practical resource for the wind energy, waste management, cement, chemical, and composite industries in addressing the complex challenges of composite recycling in a collaborative and coordinated manner.

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Budgets

CompositeCircle
in numbers.
  • 2.92
    Million
    Total
  • 2.33
    Million
    Erdf
  • 0.00
    Million
    Norway
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30 Benefitting organisations 1 Solution(s) in preparation 1 Solution(s) plannedfor use / upscale 4 Pilotactivities 24 Organisationsin the project

CompositeCircle
in numbers.

  • 63.83387532902935423.16078958780179
  • 60.165594724.9523295
  • 54.687895225.2722656
  • 56.94797027510020424.15896697021733
  • 56.9518086690140524.09888483858404
  • 61.005996925.655277
  • 56.952909824.0806469
  • 56.1294359.02711
  • 65.617808722.1406584
  • 53.346881-6.25886
  • 50.295788518.6339541
  • 55.68367451907061421.15042479634825

Project partners

Lead partnerCentria University of Applied Sciences Ltd
  • Town
    Kokkola
  • Region
  • Country
    Finland
  • Region
    Pohjois-Pohjanmaa
Total partner budget
588,900.00
Finnish Plastics Industries Federation
  • Town
    Helsinki
  • Region
  • Country
    Finland
  • Region
    Helsinki-Uusimaa
Total partner budget
149,050.00
Lithuanian Energy Agency
  • Town
    Vilnius
  • Region
  • Country
    Lithuania
  • Region
    Vilniaus apskritis
Total partner budget
200,408.00
Waste Management Association of Latvia
  • Town
    RÄ«ga
  • Region
  • Country
    Latvia
  • Region
    RÄ«ga
Total partner budget
236,344.00
State Environmental Service of the Republic of Latvia
  • Town
    Riga
  • Region
  • Country
    Latvia
  • Region
    RÄ«ga
Total partner budget
174,408.00
Muovipoli Ltd
  • Town
    Lahti
  • Region
  • Country
    Finland
  • Region
    Päijät-Häme
Total partner budget
145,806.00
Riga Technical University
  • Town
    RÄ«ga
  • Region
  • Country
    Latvia
  • Region
    RÄ«ga
Total partner budget
295,112.00
Aarhus University
  • Town
    Herning
  • Region
  • Country
    Denmark
  • Region
    Vestjylland
Total partner budget
389,804.00
Luleå University of Technology
  • Town
    Luleå
  • Region
  • Country
    Sweden
  • Region
    Norrbottens län
Total partner budget
413,264.00
Podcomp AB
  • Town
    Öjebyn
  • Region
  • Country
    Sweden
  • Region
    Norrbottens län
Total partner budget
104,740.00
Noma Resins Ltd
  • Town
    Gliwice
  • Region
  • Country
    Poland
  • Region
    Gliwicki
Total partner budget
148,576.00
Lithuanian Wind Power Association
  • Town
    Vilnius
  • Region
  • Country
    Lithuania
  • Region
    Vilniaus apskritis
Total partner budget
69,628.00

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