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Circular Economy \u2013 a challenge for the ICT sectorBromine-based technologies contribute to sustainability including circular solutions, fulfilling a wide range of environmental, social and economic needs in water treatment, mercury emissions control, fire safety, energy storage, pharmaceuticals and rubber.
\nWith respect to electronics, Brominated Flame Retardants (BFRs), contribute to fire safety due to the reduced propensity of materials for ignition. This not only means a contribution to saving lives, but also minimises property damage, thus conserving resources.
\nThe last 20 years have seen a dramatic rise in the amount and variety of electrical and electronic equipment (E&E) in houses, offices and public buildings, with an estimated average of 22 electronic and electrical appliances in a typical home. Many of these devices routinely carry electrical currents and thus generate heat as a by-product, adding to the fire load in the home. Therefore, it is essential that these flammable components, including printed circuit boards, do not pose a fire risk for consumers during their use.
\nElectronics make widespread use of plastics to make products lighter, more creative, and cost effective. Plastic components are inherently combustible and need to be protected from ignition. Many of these components are designed to meet fire safety standards. Brominated Flame Retardants are often used in plastics to meet these standards and protect consumers from unanticipated fires. Brominated Flame Retardants are the most efficient group of chemistries as they can be used in many plastics, offer a high degree of performance, and offer many choices for design. These chemistries are sometimes reacted into the plastic or added and bound to the material.\u00b9
\nCircular Economy \u2013 a challenge for the ICT sectorWith the European Green Deal and, in particular, the Circular Economy Action Plan, the EU will address challenges presented by the increasing world population and growing demand for more products than ever before. This could in turn create more waste than ever. Ensuring that products can be used for longer periods, or be reused and recycled, is the key to unlocking the full potential of the circular economy. Today, more and more electronic products enter the market, but they are perceived as disposable and replaceable. The Commission\u2019s Circular Economy Action Plan plans to address the Information and Communications Technology (ICT ) sector in detail with a range of measures designed to increase product life, reparability, reuse and efficient material recycling. This will challenge the entire value chain including the manufacturers of plastics and plastic additives such as flame retardants.
\nThe principles of the circular economy call for a holistic assessment of a product\u2019s environmental footprint, including the design and waste phases. Here, it is important to note that one is dependent on the other. Products need to be designed in such a way that their components can be fed back into the material cycle.
\nFor decades brominated flame retardants, thanks to their high efficiency, have been used across a wide range of electronic applications and components. Today\u2019s electronics contain a significant proportion of plastics. At the end of the useful life of electronic and electrical products, components containing brominated flame retardants can be subject to different waste management options. The choice depends on the amount and composition of the plastics waste stream as well as on local conditions.
\nIt is necessary, in the EU, to segregate end of life plastics in electrical and electronic equipment containing Brominated Flame Retardants from other plastic streams. The primary reason for this is to ensure that older, restricted, brominated flame retardants are removed from the material stream and treated in accordance with relevant legislation.
\nThere are now international standards in place to help recyclers achieve this obligation (EU WEEE CEN Standards \u2013 50625 series). Greater application and use of these standards will further improve the effectiveness of treatment of plastics from electrical and electronic equipment.
\nBesides better treatment standards, a great deal of innovation has taken place over the past decade, making it possible to recycle a great proportion of the plastics contained in waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE). The current recycling potential could even be increased further through chemical recycling, which would allow the recovery of the original monomers to reuse them in the making of new REACH and RoHS compliant plastics. Such progress is especially important, as BFRs offer some of the best protection for the products and therefore the consumers, so any additional increase to the recycling capacities and possibilities will help ensure the best available materials are used in electronics.
\nIn some cases, Brominated Flame Retardants may be the best choice for circularity. They show high stability during mechanical recycling and this attribute is preserved throughout the process of mechanical recycling, which allows the recycled plastics to maintain the level of fire safety of the virgin material. Of course, to ensure that the full potential of the recycling capacity is reached, industry and policy makers must work together to ensure that the right processes and thresholds are put in place.
\nGiven the complex nature of WEEE recycling and the range of issues related to WEEE plastics recycling mentioned, BSEF has commissioned a study to better understand and quantify brominated flame retardant containing plastics from waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) and the effect of the presence of brominated flame retardants on the recyclability of WEEE plastics. The work is being carried out by consultants, SOFIES and is hoped to be completed by early September 2020. The analysis and results will be used by BSEF in its engagement with stakeholders and the European Commission on the implementation of the Circular Economy Action Plan and measures related to end of life treatment of electrical and electronic equipment.
\n1\u00a0American Chemistry Council – Composition of Electronic and Electrical Equipment
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\n", "content_text": "Bromine-based technologies contribute to sustainability including circular solutions, fulfilling a wide range of environmental, social and economic needs in water treatment, mercury emissions control, fire safety, energy storage, pharmaceuticals and rubber.\nWith respect to electronics, Brominated Flame Retardants (BFRs), contribute to fire safety due to the reduced propensity of materials for ignition. This not only means a contribution to saving lives, but also minimises property damage, thus conserving resources.\nThe last 20 years have seen a dramatic rise in the amount and variety of electrical and electronic equipment (E&E) in houses, offices and public buildings, with an estimated average of 22 electronic and electrical appliances in a typical home. Many of these devices routinely carry electrical currents and thus generate heat as a by-product, adding to the fire load in the home. Therefore, it is essential that these flammable components, including printed circuit boards, do not pose a fire risk for consumers during their use.\nElectronics make widespread use of plastics to make products lighter, more creative, and cost effective. Plastic components are inherently combustible and need to be protected from ignition. Many of these components are designed to meet fire safety standards. Brominated Flame Retardants are often used in plastics to meet these standards and protect consumers from unanticipated fires. Brominated Flame Retardants are the most efficient group of chemistries as they can be used in many plastics, offer a high degree of performance, and offer many choices for design. These chemistries are sometimes reacted into the plastic or added and bound to the material.\u00b9\nCircular Economy \u2013 a challenge for the ICT sector\nWith the European Green Deal and, in particular, the Circular Economy Action Plan, the EU will address challenges presented by the increasing world population and growing demand for more products than ever before. This could in turn create more waste than ever. Ensuring that products can be used for longer periods, or be reused and recycled, is the key to unlocking the full potential of the circular economy. Today, more and more electronic products enter the market, but they are perceived as disposable and replaceable. The Commission\u2019s Circular Economy Action Plan plans to address the Information and Communications Technology (ICT ) sector in detail with a range of measures designed to increase product life, reparability, reuse and efficient material recycling. This will challenge the entire value chain including the manufacturers of plastics and plastic additives such as flame retardants.\nBrominated flame retardants in the material cycle\u00a0 \nThe principles of the circular economy call for a holistic assessment of a product\u2019s environmental footprint, including the design and waste phases. Here, it is important to note that one is dependent on the other. Products need to be designed in such a way that their components can be fed back into the material cycle.\nFor decades brominated flame retardants, thanks to their high efficiency, have been used across a wide range of electronic applications and components. Today\u2019s electronics contain a significant proportion of plastics. At the end of the useful life of electronic and electrical products, components containing brominated flame retardants can be subject to different waste management options. The choice depends on the amount and composition of the plastics waste stream as well as on local conditions.\nIt is necessary, in the EU, to segregate end of life plastics in electrical and electronic equipment containing Brominated Flame Retardants from other plastic streams. The primary reason for this is to ensure that older, restricted, brominated flame retardants are removed from the material stream and treated in accordance with relevant legislation.\nThere are now international standards in place to help recyclers achieve this obligation (EU WEEE CEN Standards \u2013 50625 series). Greater application and use of these standards will further improve the effectiveness of treatment of plastics from electrical and electronic equipment.\nBesides better treatment standards, a great deal of innovation has taken place over the past decade, making it possible to recycle a great proportion of the plastics contained in waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE). The current recycling potential could even be increased further through chemical recycling, which would allow the recovery of the original monomers to reuse them in the making of new REACH and RoHS compliant plastics. Such progress is especially important, as BFRs offer some of the best protection for the products and therefore the consumers, so any additional increase to the recycling capacities and possibilities will help ensure the best available materials are used in electronics.\nIn some cases, Brominated Flame Retardants may be the best choice for circularity. They show high stability during mechanical recycling and this attribute is preserved throughout the process of mechanical recycling, which allows the recycled plastics to maintain the level of fire safety of the virgin material. Of course, to ensure that the full potential of the recycling capacity is reached, industry and policy makers must work together to ensure that the right processes and thresholds are put in place.\nA better understanding of the impact of brominated flame retardants on WEEE plastics recycling\nGiven the complex nature of WEEE recycling and the range of issues related to WEEE plastics recycling mentioned, BSEF has commissioned a study to better understand and quantify brominated flame retardant containing plastics from waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) and the effect of the presence of brominated flame retardants on the recyclability of WEEE plastics. The work is being carried out by consultants, SOFIES and is hoped to be completed by early September 2020. The analysis and results will be used by BSEF in its engagement with stakeholders and the European Commission on the implementation of the Circular Economy Action Plan and measures related to end of life treatment of electrical and electronic equipment.\n1\u00a0American Chemistry Council – Composition of Electronic and Electrical Equipment\nThe post Contributing to safe and circular electronics appeared first on Let's talk bromine.", "date_published": "2020-06-18T08:00:30+00:00", "date_modified": "2020-06-17T22:36:47+00:00", "author": { "name": "admin", "url": "https://lets-talk-bromine.bsef.com/author/admin/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/0428b8e4964fa7634cc8733194ee5bbe?s=512&d=mm&r=g" }, "image": "https://lets-talk-bromine.bsef.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/BSEF-Q2-Post-6-Website-2.jpg", "tags": [ "circular economy", "Fire retardancy", "Recycling" ] }, { "id": "https://lets-talk-bromine.bsef.com/2020/06/18/meet-experts-paolo-falcioni-home-appliance-industry-europe/", "url": "https://lets-talk-bromine.bsef.com/2020/06/18/meet-experts-paolo-falcioni-home-appliance-industry-europe/", "title": "Meet the Experts: Paolo Falcioni from the home appliance industry in Europe", "content_html": "In the home appliance industry, promoting consumer safety and circularity is crucial. For Paolo Falcioni, Director General of APPLiA (Home Appliance Europe), circularity should be present from the manufacturing process, to the consumer use, and all the way to the recycling of the product.
\n\nAccording to Falcioni, home appliances can help contribute to the circular economy by enabling more people to adopt circular lifestyles. This requires selecting the right products, using them correctly and making sure that they are properly collected and dismantled after use. Moreover, consumer safety is a key priority for the home appliance industry. Promoting the use of brominated flame retardants and working with all the actors in the value chain can help ensure circularity and consumer safety.
\nAPPLiA supports the use and management of flame retardants in home appliances as long as a full risk assessment of a given product is determined, from the level of hazardous materials to the level of exposure of the material. This full assessment helps to minimise the content of hazardous substances while not compromising on the importance of\u00a0consumer safety.
\n\u201cThere is no compromise possible for consumer safety, which must come first,\u201d said Paolo Falcioni.
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\n", "content_text": "In the home appliance industry, promoting consumer safety and circularity is crucial. For Paolo Falcioni, Director General of APPLiA (Home Appliance Europe), circularity should be present from the manufacturing process, to the consumer use, and all the way to the recycling of the product.\n\nAccording to Falcioni, home appliances can help contribute to the circular economy by enabling more people to adopt circular lifestyles. This requires selecting the right products, using them correctly and making sure that they are properly collected and dismantled after use. Moreover, consumer safety is a key priority for the home appliance industry. Promoting the use of brominated flame retardants and working with all the actors in the value chain can help ensure circularity and consumer safety.\nAPPLiA supports the use and management of flame retardants in home appliances as long as a full risk assessment of a given product is determined, from the level of hazardous materials to the level of exposure of the material. This full assessment helps to minimise the content of hazardous substances while not compromising on the importance of\u00a0consumer safety.\n\u201cThere is no compromise possible for consumer safety, which must come first,\u201d said Paolo Falcioni.\nThe post Meet the Experts: Paolo Falcioni from the home appliance industry in Europe appeared first on Let's talk bromine.", "date_published": "2020-06-18T07:50:24+00:00", "date_modified": "2020-06-17T22:36:45+00:00", "author": { "name": "admin", "url": "https://lets-talk-bromine.bsef.com/author/admin/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/0428b8e4964fa7634cc8733194ee5bbe?s=512&d=mm&r=g" }, "image": "https://lets-talk-bromine.bsef.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Paolo-Falcioni-APPLiA.jpg", "tags": [ "circular economy", "meet the experts", "Fire retardancy", "Recycling" ] }, { "id": "https://lets-talk-bromine.bsef.com/2020/04/02/how-is-bromine-a-circular-economy-enabler/", "url": "https://lets-talk-bromine.bsef.com/2020/04/02/how-is-bromine-a-circular-economy-enabler/", "title": "How is Bromine a Circular Economy enabler?", "content_html": "The new European Green Deal, with its goal to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, will change the EU\u2019s economy. The Circular Economy Action Plan will be at the centre of this new sustainability roadmap.. The aim is clear: to transform EU industry from linear to circular and achieve a carbon neutral economy.
\nThe new Circular Economy 2.0 package will not only focus on reducing environmental and social impacts. Instead the EU wants to look at products by taking into consideration their life cycle, from production to waste. To do this the Commission wants to put in place sustainability standards so that by 2030 all products available to European consumers will be circular, and also carbon neutral.
\nBromine-based solutions are essential to many advancements in science and technology. Bromine compounds have been used for water treatment, reduction of mercury emissions, fire safety, energy storage and generation, production of pharmaceuticals and enhanced quality rubber.
\nThe use of bromine-based technologies has all the potential to increase the circularity of the EU\u2019s economy. Bromine brings to the table solutions and innovations that are environmentally friendly, safe and that can be used across the whole value chain.
\nBy 2050, it is expected that 9.7 billion people will populate our planet. The amount of (clean) energy needed will drastically increase. Unfortunately, renewable energy has a variable production nature and it is not always consumed when produced.
\nSo, how can we produce and store enough clean energy for everyone? Investing in energy storage is the solution, that\u2019s why the Commission plans to integrate the Circular Economy 2.0 with a new regulatory framework for batteries.
\nThanks to innovative energy storage technologies, 40% of the world\u2019s energy could come from wind and solar by 2060resource[1]. Expanding the energy storage capacity will help to fully exploit the expansion of renewable energy.
\nBromine-based energy storage technologies are a highly efficient and cost-effective solution that could play a vital role in transitioning towards a new circular economic model. There are many examples of this new model in Europe. For instance, a farm in the Netherlands is currently using bromine-based innovative battery technology to store the energy produced from its rooftop solar system.
\nTo be circular, products must also be recyclable. Soon at the centre of the Circular Economy 2.0, the global recycled plastics market is expected to be worth over 45.8 billion euros by 2025[2]!
\nProducts or materials containing brominated flame retardants (BFRs) are\u00a0fully compatible with today\u2019s integrated waste management options, including mechanical recycling, chemical recycling and thermal processing, depolymerization and gasification \u2013 all of which enable the recovery of valuable materials or energy.
\nNew technologies have enabled the recycling of products containing BFRs. For example, the PolyStyreneLoop Cooperative recycles expanded polystyrene waste containing the flame-retardant hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD), helping transform the way the EU designs, uses, produces, and recycles plastic products.
\nAlso, the \u201cClose WEEE Project,\u201d co-funded under the H2020 programme, addresses the range and yields of recovered materials from WEEE streams using the CreaSolv\u00ae\u00a0Process. The project\u2019s results indicate a proof of concept with the separation approach for plastics such as ABS, PS, and BFR/antimony verified in laboratories and on a small technical scale.
\nThe chemical industry has developed eco-efficient waste management options such as chemical recycling, which even allows bromine to re-enter the circular economy as a valuable resource[3]. These innovations in the chemical sector are great assets to the circular economy.
\nOne of the most ambitious aspects of the Circular Economy 2.0 is the need to enable the circular use of water. The action plan aims at facilitating water reuse while ensuring the sustainability of water management.
\nUsed in water treatment since the 30s, bromine chemistry can efficiently disinfect water from harmful contaminants. Bromine compounds have many available applications as disinfectants. Investing in bromine-based solutions could help improving the rate at which the EU industry recycles water while increasing the quality of industrial water discharge.
\nBromine-based products are also ideal for water treatment in pools and public fountains. They are widely used in spas and hot tubs to kill bacteria and help naturally sensitive skins. Think about that next time you need to relax!
\n\nBSEF supports the transition to a circular economy and strongly believes bromine technologies can help responding to global needs for maintaining clean water, and to meet increasing consumer demand for sustainable products.
\n[1]\u00a0https://recyclinginternational.com/plastics/billions-to-be-made-in-the-plastics-recycling-sector/29403/
\n[2]\u00a0https://lets-talk-bromine.bsef.com/2019/12/10/role-brominated-flame-retardants-electric-electronic-appliances/
\n[3]\u00a0https://lets-talk-bromine.bsef.com/2017/09/07/bromine-as-energy-storage-enabler/
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\n", "content_text": "The new European Green Deal, with its goal to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, will change the EU\u2019s economy. The Circular Economy Action Plan will be at the centre of this new sustainability roadmap.. The aim is clear: to transform EU industry from linear to circular and achieve a carbon neutral economy.\nThe new Circular Economy 2.0 package will not only focus on reducing environmental and social impacts. Instead the EU wants to look at products by taking into consideration their life cycle, from production to waste. To do this the Commission wants to put in place sustainability standards so that by 2030 all products available to European consumers will be circular, and also carbon neutral.\nWhat does this have to do with bromine?\nBromine-based solutions are essential to many advancements in science and technology. Bromine compounds have been used for water treatment, reduction of mercury emissions, fire safety, energy storage and generation, production of pharmaceuticals and enhanced quality rubber.\nThe use of bromine-based technologies has all the potential to increase the circularity of the EU\u2019s economy. Bromine brings to the table solutions and innovations that are environmentally friendly, safe and that can be used across the whole value chain.\nBromine: the key to sustainable energy\nBy 2050, it is expected that 9.7 billion people will populate our planet. The amount of (clean) energy needed will drastically increase. Unfortunately, renewable energy has a variable production nature and it is not always consumed when produced.\nSo, how can we produce and store enough clean energy for everyone? Investing in energy storage is the solution, that\u2019s why the Commission plans to integrate the Circular Economy 2.0 with a new regulatory framework for batteries.\nThanks to innovative energy storage technologies, 40% of the world\u2019s energy could come from wind and solar by 2060resource[1]. Expanding the energy storage capacity will help to fully exploit the expansion of renewable energy. \nBromine-based energy storage technologies are a highly efficient and cost-effective solution that could play a vital role in transitioning towards a new circular economic model. There are many examples of this new model in Europe. For instance, a farm in the Netherlands is currently using bromine-based innovative battery technology to store the energy produced from its rooftop solar system.\nUse and reuse \u2013 Even with bromine\nTo be circular, products must also be recyclable. Soon at the centre of the Circular Economy 2.0, the global recycled plastics market is expected to be worth over 45.8 billion euros by 2025[2]!\nProducts or materials containing brominated flame retardants (BFRs) are\u00a0fully compatible with today\u2019s integrated waste management options, including mechanical recycling, chemical recycling and thermal processing, depolymerization and gasification \u2013 all of which enable the recovery of valuable materials or energy.\nNew technologies have enabled the recycling of products containing BFRs. For example, the PolyStyreneLoop Cooperative recycles expanded polystyrene waste containing the flame-retardant hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD), helping transform the way the EU designs, uses, produces, and recycles plastic products.\nAlso, the \u201cClose WEEE Project,\u201d co-funded under the H2020 programme, addresses the range and yields of recovered materials from WEEE streams using the CreaSolv\u00ae\u00a0Process. The project\u2019s results indicate a proof of concept with the separation approach for plastics such as ABS, PS, and BFR/antimony verified in laboratories and on a small technical scale.\nThe chemical industry has developed eco-efficient waste management options such as chemical recycling, which even allows bromine to re-enter the circular economy as a valuable resource[3]. These innovations in the chemical sector are great assets to the circular economy.\nWater 2 Water\nOne of the most ambitious aspects of the Circular Economy 2.0 is the need to enable the circular use of water. The action plan aims at facilitating water reuse while ensuring the sustainability of water management.\nUsed in water treatment since the 30s, bromine chemistry can efficiently disinfect water from harmful contaminants. Bromine compounds have many available applications as disinfectants. Investing in bromine-based solutions could help improving the rate at which the EU industry recycles water while increasing the quality of industrial water discharge.\nBromine-based products are also ideal for water treatment in pools and public fountains. They are widely used in spas and hot tubs to kill bacteria and help naturally sensitive skins. Think about that next time you need to relax!\n\nBSEF supports the transition to a circular economy and strongly believes bromine technologies can help responding to global needs for maintaining clean water, and to meet increasing consumer demand for sustainable products.\nSources\n[1]\u00a0https://recyclinginternational.com/plastics/billions-to-be-made-in-the-plastics-recycling-sector/29403/\n[2]\u00a0https://lets-talk-bromine.bsef.com/2019/12/10/role-brominated-flame-retardants-electric-electronic-appliances/\n[3]\u00a0https://lets-talk-bromine.bsef.com/2017/09/07/bromine-as-energy-storage-enabler/\nThe post How is Bromine a Circular Economy enabler? appeared first on Let's talk bromine.", "date_published": "2020-04-02T11:30:47+00:00", "date_modified": "2020-04-02T12:48:16+00:00", "author": { "name": "admin", "url": "https://lets-talk-bromine.bsef.com/author/admin/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/0428b8e4964fa7634cc8733194ee5bbe?s=512&d=mm&r=g" }, "image": "https://lets-talk-bromine.bsef.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/How-is-Bromine-a-Circular-Economy-enabler.jpg", "tags": [ "bromine", "circular economy", "climate", "Recycling", "Water treatment", "General news" ] }, { "id": "https://lets-talk-bromine.bsef.com/2018/06/08/polystyreneloop/", "url": "https://lets-talk-bromine.bsef.com/2018/06/08/polystyreneloop/", "title": "PolyStyreneLoop: circular economy in action", "content_html": "The non\u2013profit organization,\u00a0The PolyStyreneLoop Cooperative, started up by Synbra Technology and ICL is planning to build a full scale demonstration plant in Terneuzen. The facility next to ICL in The Netherlands recycles expanded polystyrene (EPS) waste containing the restricted flame-retardant hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD). It\u2019s goal is to test the technical, economical feasibility with the objective to have an environmentally sustainable closed-loop recycling system that supports Europe\u2019s transition towards a circular economy. Ultimately, it\u2019s\u00a0helping\u00a0transform the way the EU designs, uses, produces, and recycles plastic products.
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\nFigure 1: A demonstration plant next to an existing bromine\u00a0recovery\u00a0plant (BRU ICL)
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How does The PolyStyreneLoop demo plant work?
\nThe industrial-scale plant dissolves the plastic waste and separates the polymer from the restricted additive. Fraunhofer IVV developed CreaSolv\u00ae technology. This allows sustainable recycling of polystyrene waste that contains the restricted flame-retardant HBCD, including bromine recovery.
\nThe resulting clean polymer can be used in the production of new plastics and the waste stream containing HBCD can be treated in the existing BRU at ICL in operation since 2002, i.e. destruction of HBCD at high temperature (1100 deg Cels). The result is closed-loop recycling\u00a0for polystyrene and bromine within a sustainable circular economy.
\n\u201cThe CreaSolv\u00ae technology is a breakthrough recycling technology with the possibility of expanding and innovating for other plastics containing brominated flame retardants like WEEE plastics. That way, we can close the loop and offer an industry concept that can deal with the growing volume of waste from the demolition of buildings in the coming decades and other applications.
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\nFigure 2: The CreaSolv\u00ae technology
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The EU has an ambitious strategy to make all plastic packaging recyclable or reusable by 2030.\u00a0National and EU authorities strongly support PolyStyreneLoop\u2019s project because of its contribution to The Plastics Strategy and the circular economy.
\nThe EU\u2019s aim is to help protect the environment and reduce marine litter, greenhouse gas emissions and dependence on imported fossil fuels. It will also support more-sustainable and safer consumption and production patterns for plastics.
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On 23rdMay 2018, BSEF joined supporters and stakeholders of PolyStyreneLoop in Brussels for the Open General Assembly.
\nParticipants heard about the rapid progress of the PolyStyreneLoop recycling initiative and the achievement of the entire value chain that embraces the project.
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\nFigure 3: The Open General Assembly, Brussels, 23rd May 2018
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The PSLoop Cooperative\u00a0(with the capability to handle 3 M tons of PS waste per year) can offer a closed-loop solution for recycling polystyrene (PS) insulation foam waste and the recovery of bromine.
\nCooperative members are industry representatives from the whole polystyrene-foam value chain: PS foam manufacturers, raw-material and additives (flame retardant producers) suppliers, foam converters, and recyclers.
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\nFigure 4: The PolyStyreneLoop network
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What are your thoughts on The PolyStyreneLoop recycling process?
\nPlease share this article, offer your opinion and start the conversation.\u00a0
SOURCES
\nhttps://polystyreneloop.org/
\nhttp://www.circulary.eu/project/polysterene-loop/
\nhttp://recyclingportal.eu/Archive/19014
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\n", "content_text": "The non\u2013profit organization,\u00a0The PolyStyreneLoop Cooperative, started up by Synbra Technology and ICL is planning to build a full scale demonstration plant in Terneuzen. The facility next to ICL in The Netherlands recycles expanded polystyrene (EPS) waste containing the restricted flame-retardant hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD). It\u2019s goal is to test the technical, economical feasibility with the objective to have an environmentally sustainable closed-loop recycling system that supports Europe\u2019s transition towards a circular economy. Ultimately, it\u2019s\u00a0helping\u00a0transform the way the EU designs, uses, produces, and recycles plastic products.\n\nFigure 1: A demonstration plant next to an existing bromine\u00a0recovery\u00a0plant (BRU ICL)\n \nTowards a sustainable economy\nHow does The PolyStyreneLoop demo plant work?\nThe industrial-scale plant dissolves the plastic waste and separates the polymer from the restricted additive. Fraunhofer IVV developed CreaSolv\u00ae technology. This allows sustainable recycling of polystyrene waste that contains the restricted flame-retardant HBCD, including bromine recovery.\nThe resulting clean polymer can be used in the production of new plastics and the waste stream containing HBCD can be treated in the existing BRU at ICL in operation since 2002, i.e. destruction of HBCD at high temperature (1100 deg Cels). The result is closed-loop recycling\u00a0for polystyrene and bromine within a sustainable circular economy.\n\u201cThe CreaSolv\u00ae technology is a breakthrough recycling technology with the possibility of expanding and innovating for other plastics containing brominated flame retardants like WEEE plastics. That way, we can close the loop and offer an industry concept that can deal with the growing volume of waste from the demolition of buildings in the coming decades and other applications.\n\nFigure 2: The CreaSolv\u00ae technology \n \n2030 vision\nThe EU has an ambitious strategy to make all plastic packaging recyclable or reusable by 2030.\u00a0National and EU authorities strongly support PolyStyreneLoop\u2019s project because of its contribution to The Plastics Strategy and the circular economy.\nThe EU\u2019s aim is to help protect the environment and reduce marine litter, greenhouse gas emissions and dependence on imported fossil fuels. It will also support more-sustainable and safer consumption and production patterns for plastics.\n \nA date in Brussels\nOn 23rdMay 2018, BSEF joined supporters and stakeholders of PolyStyreneLoop in Brussels for the Open General Assembly.\nParticipants heard about the rapid progress of the PolyStyreneLoop recycling initiative and the achievement of the entire value chain that embraces the project.\n\nFigure 3: The Open General Assembly, Brussels, 23rd May 2018 \n \nThe PolyStyreneLoop Cooperative: aims\nThe PSLoop Cooperative\u00a0(with the capability to handle 3 M tons of PS waste per year) can offer a closed-loop solution for recycling polystyrene (PS) insulation foam waste and the recovery of bromine.\nCooperative members are industry representatives from the whole polystyrene-foam value chain: PS foam manufacturers, raw-material and additives (flame retardant producers) suppliers, foam converters, and recyclers.\n\nFigure 4: The PolyStyreneLoop network \n \nWhat are your thoughts on The PolyStyreneLoop recycling process?\nPlease share this article, offer your opinion and start the conversation.\u00a0\nSOURCES\nhttps://polystyreneloop.org/\nhttp://www.circulary.eu/project/polysterene-loop/\nhttp://recyclingportal.eu/Archive/19014\n \nThe post PolyStyreneLoop: circular economy in action appeared first on Let's talk bromine.", "date_published": "2018-06-08T11:56:59+00:00", "date_modified": "2018-06-08T11:56:59+00:00", "author": { "name": "admin", "url": "https://lets-talk-bromine.bsef.com/author/admin/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/0428b8e4964fa7634cc8733194ee5bbe?s=512&d=mm&r=g" }, "image": "https://lets-talk-bromine.bsef.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/BSEF_Newsletter_Q2_2018_Topic2_Blog_Header.png", "tags": [ "bsef", "circular economy", "plastic waste", "plastics strategy", "polymer", "PolyStyreneLoop", "Recycling", "General news" ] } ] }