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UpCycling mIneral and timbeR-based waste from Construction & manUfacturing process industries through eco-design, advanced logistics, quality control and digital solutions


  • Start: 01/07/2024
  • End: 30/12/2027


CIRCULess will foster circularity in the construction and manufacturing process industries, by minimizing Construction and Demolition waste (CDW) as well as Manufacturing waste, with focus on mineral (i.e. concrete) and timber-based material streams, which is aligned with the objectives of the Processes4Planet Partnership, by developing new processes for circularity of secondary materials from wastes/residues for all industrial processes, without compromising quality and performance, as well as sustainable-by-design circular products. The main objective will be addressed by experimenting new circular products and novel processing techniques to improve the quality and performances of secondary materials up to industry expected standards, improve value chain environmental friendliness, maximize recycled components. These actions will benefit from the support and will provide inputs to a tailored digital platform to orient decision making and operational activities. Finally, to foster uptake by the construction sector, recommendations for standards updates and training material for the construction workforce will be created.
AIMEN will be involved in the digital inspection for quality control of the construction and mineral waste on real-time and on-site basis, by developing a system able to estimate parameters and to classify the incoming CDW. In addition, AIMEN will develop geopolymers as a secondary product from the ceramic fraction of the mineral waste, including Lab-scale prototypes. They will also work on the formulation of composite pellets by using timber derived sub-products such as wood-fibre for Additive Manufacturing of Wood-plastic composites for construction and building materials, furniture etc.

  • Sectors: Construction, Recycling, Waste treatment
  • Financing programme: HORIZON EUROPE
  • R&D&i: Additive manufacturing, Circular Economy, Integrated monitoring and control systems, Materials under extreme conditions, waste treatment and valorisation
  • Leader: NORGES TEKNISK-NATURVITENSKAPELIGE UNIVERSITET NTNU
  • Partners: Tecnalia, National Technical University Of Athens, IRES - Innovation in Research and Engineering Solutions, UNE - Asociación Española de Normalización, TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT EINDHOVEN, HOLCIM INNOVATION CENTER SAS (HIC), Omtre AS, Forestia AS, GJOVIK KOMMUNE, TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK (DTU), LULEA TEKNISKA UNIVERSITET (LTU), GLOBAL CONSULTING SUSTAINABILITY (GCS), VOLBAS SA, UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE, UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY (UTH), BAVENIR SRO, TheGreenTech
  • Acronym: CIRCULess
  • Ambit: International
  • Web: https://circuless-project.eu/
 
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