Thank you for participating in our survey. The survey is part of the EU-financed research project CREAToR. Completing the survey will take about 10-15 minutes.
This online survey is a follow-up study on a first round of in-depth interviews with members of the plastic converter industry. In these conversations, we have identified several barriers that we now wish to present to a broader set of stakeholders of the plastic converter industry to verify its general applicability.
- Goal 1: identify end-user technical requirements for plastic recyclate and process limitations so that future pre-treatment steps can be defined and the CREAToR process optimized. This information will be shared in a public report so interested parties can learn from our findings.
- Goal 2: learn from your experience (good and bad) with recycled material and what you experience as the most significant barriers. This information will be used as input for a policy brief addressed to the European Commission and for a scientific publication to be submitted in 2023.
About the CREAToR project
Problem statement
Some complex plastic waste streams (e.g. e-waste or construction waste) that contain hazardous (legacy) brominated flame retardants can not be recycled because of human health and environmental risks and regulation on the restriction of certain hazardous substances in new products.
Goal
The CREAToR process will produce REACH- and POP-regulation-compliant recycled polymers free of hazardous legacy brominated flame retardants from waste streams containing brominated flame retardants.
The partners aim to create an
economically viable business model, taking into account the entire value chain,
from collecting the waste, recycling with advanced purification methods, to
deploying the recyclates into new products.
More information on the CREAToR project can be found here. Responsible editor survey: Roeland Juchtmans
Contact details: roeland.juchtmans@ovam.be
