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On April 26, we held a workshop that aimed to disseminate all the results and lessons learned in the LIFE CIRC-ELV project.

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The workshop aims to disseminate all the results and lessons learned in the LIFE CIRC-ELV project aiming to boost circular economy of plastics coming from end of life vehicles through its recycling into high added value applications.

Inscription: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_73FgrC-nTwaxwkvAB7iLcQ

Vicente Vert Belenguer, PhD, Technical Coordinator of the LIFE CIRC-ELV Project, AIMPLAS, discusses how the project aims to recover plastics from ELVs during the dismantling stage.

Read more: https://autorecyclingworld.com/life-circ-elv-putting-life-back-into-plastics-from-elvs/

LIFE CIRC-ELV 39 th Month Meeting was held on line by TEAMS platform due the COVID situation . We discussed different actions carried out along the last year of the project . It was a successful meeting.

Manuel Kindelan and José Ramón Sola explained to automotive professionals and users the aim of CIRC-ELV LIFE project at SIGRAUTO´s stand during the 11 days of AUTOMOBILE BARCELONA 2021.

http://www.automobilebarcelona.com/

During the visit of the Chairman Pierangelo Decisi, the SIGIT Automotive S.L. (Calatayud) CEO Mr Luis Sanfiz presented the project CIRC-ELV led for Sigit by Silvia Vicén Gil & Pablo Rodriguez. The project boosts the circular economy of plastic from end-of-life vehicles through recycling into high-value applications. Mr Decisi confirmed his support of that project because for the GROUP is the only way to achieve a better world.

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sigit-spa_proudtobesigit-ingegneredisogni-automotive-activity-6849020281067999232-CVnf 

On June 23 and 24, the International Automobile Recycling Congress (IARC 2021) was held in Geneva (Switzerland) and SIGRAUTO was invited to participate as a speaker to talk about “Car recycling in Spain: solid network and well thought-out legislation and regulation”. Manuel Kindelan, CEO of SIGRAUTO presented the LIFE CIRC ELV project.

EASME monitoring visit to review the project LIFE CIRC-ELV. Aurelio Politano, Senior Project Adviser of CINEA reviewed the actions carried out during 37 months in the LIFE CIRC-ELV proyect. It was a successful meeting.

LIFE CIRC-ELV 27 th Month Meeting was held on line by TEAMS platform due the COVID situation . We discussed different actions for the next EASME visit . It was a successful meeting.

A group of experts (Advisory board) has been constituted and participated in the definition and validation of the transference and replicability of the results.

In this article a member of the consortium explains what is our role in the project and what are the objectives of the LIFE CIRC-ELV project. This project was born to improve the management of waste from vehicles at the end of their useful life. The article has been published in a local newspaper in Aragón.

To read the publication, click on the following link: News

LIFE CIRC-ELV 24 th Month Meeting was held on line by TEAMS platform due the COVID situation . We discussed different actions for the next six months ahead and shared points of view. It was a successful meeting.

¿Conoces el proyecto @LIFEprogramme CIRC-ELV sobre el aprovechamiento de los #plásticos de los vehículo en deshuso? Nuestro #CentroTecnológico @aimplas te lo cuenta: https://bit.ly/2Yy92tR https://lifecircelv.eu #EULife20 #EENCanHelp #mapadeconocimiento #economiacircular

https://twitter.com/Redit_es/status/1262335148852416512?s=20

Durante el periodo 2007-2018, los Institutos Tecnológicos de REDIT han coordinado el 51% de los proyectos presentados en la Comunidad Valenciana al programa LIFE, el instrumento financiero de la Unión Europea dedicado, de forma exclusiva, al medio ambiente. 

Según ha destacado el presidente de REDIT, Fernando Saludes, “los Institutos Tecnológicos desempeñan una importante labor en algunos programas europeos de I+D+i, entre los que destaca, precisamente, el Programa LIFE donde año tras año se consiguen grandes resultados. De hecho, somos el principal agente coordinador de la región en esta iniciativa”. “En total- ha destacado- en nuestra Comunitat se han aprobado 78 proyectos durante este periodo y los centros estuvieron al frente de 40 de estos, es decir, del 51% de las iniciativas”. Seguir leyendo...

El mismo artículo también ha sido publicado en: https://ruvid.org/wordpress/?p=55017

Esta línea de trabajo ha supuesto un retorno de 25 millones de euros para nuestra región. Redit trabaja todos los años con 12.000 empresas cliente para los que lleva a cabo 840 proyectos de I+D+i. La red valenciana se ha posicionado como la principal a nivel nacional en apoyo a pymes. Seguir leyendo... 

El mismo artículo también ha sido publicado en Alicante Plaza.

Due to the coronavirus outbreak, the EU LIFE Info Day was celebrated online. The event was open to potential applicants presenting project proposals on green technology, nature protection and climate action. LIFE CIRC-ELV project was presented to all the participants. The networking event was held in the form of bilateral virtual meetings that involved a number of EASME experts.

https://eu-life-2020.b2match.io/home

La Comunidad Valenciana tiene una participación muy activa en el programa LIFE, y los Institutos Tecnológicos de REDIT desempeñan una importante labor.

Durante el período 2007-2018, de los 495 proyectos españoles, en los que la UE ha contribuido con más de 550 M€, 78 están coordinados por organizaciones de la Comunidad Valenciana con cerca de 60 M€ de retorno, y de ellos 40 por nuestros Institutos Tecnológicos, con 25 M€.

Todos los años colaboramos Cámara Valencia y REDIT en la organización del Infoday Regional LIFE 2020 de la Comunidad Valenciana, con el apoyo del Ministerio para la Transición Ecológica y el Reto Demográfico, de la Generalitat Valenciana y de EEN SEIMED.

Seguir leyendo: https://www.seimed.eu/blog/noticias-1/post/convocatoria-life-2020-y-networking-online-1261

El pasado 2 de abril la Agencia Europea para la Pequeña y Mediana Empresa (EASME) de la Comisión Europea publicó la convocatoria 2020 del Programa de Medio Ambiente y Acción por el Clima (LIFE), que dispone de un presupuesto indicativo de más de 450 millones de euros.

El Programa LIFE es el instrumento financiero de la Unión Europea dedicado, de forma exclusiva, al medio ambiente, y su objetivo general para el periodo 2014-2020 es catalizar los cambios y la aplicación de políticas para el desarrollo sostenible, aportando soluciones prácticas y promocionando tecnologías innovadoras para los retos medioambientales y climáticos.

La Comunidad Valenciana participa activamente en el programa LIFE, en el que los Institutos Tecnológicos de REDIT desempeñan una labor relevante.

Seguir leyendo: https://www.redit.es/los-institutos-tecnologicos-destacan-por-su-amplia-participacion-en-el-programa-life/

Last 31/03/2020, despite COVID19 exceptional circumstances, all CIRC-ELV partners attended the 18^th month meeting from their homes. It was a productive meeting to know the latest project progresses and the results on still the first phases (actions B1 & B2).  This meeting showed that the project and partners are actively working on all the possible tasks. We are now just looking forward to coming back to the usual rhythm!

The LIFE CIRC-ELV project will enable development of a new business model in the European Union for recycling plastics from end-of-life vehicles.

In accordance with Directive 2000/53/EC on end-of-life vehicles, reuse and recovery of at least 95% by weight of these vehicles must be reached by 2020. Given that plastic components currently account for around 20% of vehicle weight, recycling and recovering the different plastic materials in vehicles is becoming increasingly important.

End-of-life vehicles are currently handled by authorized treatment facilities, which take care only of the decontamination process. Shredders then select materials of interest, but not all plastics are always recycled.

In order to improve recovery levels, AIMPLAS, the Plastics Technology Centre, is coordinating the LIFE CIRC-ELV project with the aim of creating a new, technically and economically viable network in Europe where these centres can separate parts such as fuel tanks and bumpers made of high-interest materials, including high-density polyethylene and polypropylene. 

Read more https://www.aimplas.net/blog/new-method-recycling-plastics-end-of-life-vehicles-reduces-carbon-footprint-75/

Last  22nd & 23rd January 2020, part of the LIFE CIRC-ELV consortium visited INDRA´s facilities, in France and in one of its ATFs. There, a technical workshop took place with one of INDRA´s ATFs, MPA- Magique Pieces Auto, and 3 project partners (INDRA, ISOLAGO y CORTES).

Both ATFs, MPA y CORTES, with INDRA´s support, exchanged their day-to-day best practices and their business models basis, with the aim of optimizing their current dismantling and sorting processes. Moreover, it was agreed to hold an additional meeting in CORTES, Spain (date tbd), to close the loop of this knowledge transference.

Re-source process industriel by INDRA

Resource process batterie VE anglais

Our colleague, Vicente Vert, attended the 2nd Annual Vehicle Recycling International Conference which was held in Berlin. It was a unique opportunity to discuss the most pressing issues of vehicle dismantling and meet the representatives of the biggest recycling companies dealing with metals, batteries, rubber and plastics. Morover, he was invited as a speaker on the topic "Real approaches on managing and circularising plastic wastes from ELVS", where the LIFE CIRC-ELV project was presented. In addition he participated in the panel discussion about supply chains of recycled materials. 

LIFE CIRC-ELV 12th Month Meeting was held at ISOLAGO facilities in Portugal. We discussed different actions for the next six months ahead and shared points of view. It was a successful meeting.

Tamara Torralba and Pablo Rodriguez from SIGIT attended the fair CHEMPLASTEXPO 2019 in which were direct suppliers of SIGIT of material to inject. They were informed of the European project that we are developing and the possibility that they would be stakeholders or they would help us in the fields in which they have knowledge. 

https://chemspain.org/agenda/chemplast-expo-2019/

Manuel Kindelan and José Ramón Sola explained to automotive professionals and users the aim of CIRC-ELV LIFE project at SIGRAUTO´s stand during the 11 days of AUTOMOBILE BARCELONA 2019

http://www.automobilebarcelona.com/

REDIT and Cámara Valencia organized the EU LIFE Regional Infoday, where the Ministry for the Ecological Transition presented the new 2019 call and the participants of the previous calls presented the outstanding results of their LIFE projects. Among them, AIMPLAS presented the results and progress of the following projects: CIRC-ELV, RECYPACK, ECOMETHYLAL and FUTURE.

https://www.redit.es/events/eu-life-information-networking-day/

It was a visit to learn the recycling process of the catalysts. We also take the opportunity to see the Hensel facilities and talk and share about our LIFE CIRC-ELV Project.

Read more: https://hensel-recycling.com/es/

The Plastics Recycling Show Europe was launched by Crain and Plastics Recyclers Europe as the first dedicated exhibition for plastics recycling in mainland Europe. This conference and exhibition has firmly established itself as the focal point of plastics recycling in Europe. The biggest names in recycled materials, recycling machinery and services were on display, showing the latest innovation from this exciting industry. LIFE CIRC-ELV project was presented by AIMPLAS at this event.

https://www.prseventeurope.com/prse2019/en/page/home

We did the inauguration of the new plant and most of the people who came, are manufacturers of plastics or clients of our cart parts. we thought that this opportunity was very good for dissemination LIFE CIRC-ELV Project.

Last 26 & 27 March, the LIFE CIRC-ELV 6th Month Meeting was held at AIMPLAS facilities. All the partners of the consortium (Desguace Cortés, Indra Automobile Recycling, Sigrauto, Isolago y Sigit) attended the meeting, as well as the EU-Commission Monitor, who was informed of projects advances. After the meeting, Desguace Cortés facilities were visited.

Like every year, the conference gathers the European circular economy community around topics of common interest and offers a privileged opportunity to discuss the state of implementation of the Circular Economy Action Plan; in addition, this year’s edition had a strong focus on what could come next in terms of policy options for continuing the transition and the contribution of the circular economy to achieving the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda. We hope that you found the conference interesting and inspiring and that it met your expectations.

On Day 1, over 600 attendees actively participated in the debates; the conference was also followed extensively via webstream and raised high interactivity on the social media. On Day 2, together with 350 members of the circular economy community, we focused on the exchange of good practices: in implementing circular strategies, in the role consumers play, and how circular cities can contribute to climate mitigation. We also talked about the social dimension of the circular economy, and discussed tools for measuring the transition. And finally, we had lively debates about using creative innovation, circular public procurement and the creation of bio-circular villages.

Manuel Kindelan attended the meeting and met with all members of the Euric board of Directors.

Read more: https://www.gipuzkoa.eus/es/web/multimedia/-/ekonomia-zirkularrari-buruzko-nazioarteko-i-topaketa

Manuel Kindelan made a presentation about the automobile as a good case of circular economy at the 4th meeting of the Technical Commission of good practices in the automotive sector.

Read more: http://www.asepa.es/images/pdf/lecturas/bpa4-2018.pdf

Manuel Kindelan attended the workshop organized by the Castilla y León environmental authorities.

Read more: https://ctme.es/new/empresa/go/jornada_ecauto/index.shtml

Last 06 & 07 November, AIMPLAS was at the LIFE programme KICK-OFF Meeting in Brussels, sharing the latest info of LIFE with EU EASME Project Advisers and LIFE Monitors. The project was showed among the 15 WASTE thematic projects.

José Ramón Sola attended the meeting and the presentation of the CAR MINING Project on ELVs plastic recycling. In this even, he met with the managers of the CAR MINING project, with other ATFs and representatives of CICLOPLAST.

Read more: http://www.recuwaste.com/

It was our first “face to face” meeting with all LIFE partnes of LIFE CIRC-ELV Project, which was held at AIMPLAS facilities. We discussed each action for next six months ahead and shared points of view. Now we have 3 years of hard work ahead, but with a great team.