Article on the European Commission CORDIS website
An article about our project has been published by the European Commission in the Results in Brief, on the CORDIS website, and in six languages
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Success of the project
RECTICEL / Recticel Engineered Foams and COVESTRO communicate about the success of the project and its interest for the circularity of the PU. You can read some articles about it: in De Tijd (Dutch): “Covestro en Recticel boeken succes met recyclageproject voor matrassen” https://www.tijd.be/ondernemen/chemie/Covestro-en-Recticel-boeken-succes-met-recyclageproject-voor-matrassen/10456689 in L’Echo (French) : « Recticel et Covestro vont fabriquer les matelas…
Publication of white paper
KU Leuven disseminated the last project Our white paper is meant as communication output targeting policy makers and industrial stakeholders, focused on explaining the results of the sustainability assessment of the PUReSmart technologies, in light of the current and upcoming policies, with the ultimate goal of supporting circular economy. The document is built upon the…
Publication of our fifth and final MOOC
KU Leuven disseminated the last project video, about “Cradle-to-cradle: Mattress waste as a renewable resource?”. You can watch it on youtube. Old mattresses could be a re-used as a resource to produce new high quality polyurethane materials. In the EU PureSMART process, KULeuven discovered a process to split the waste material in an energy-efficient way.…