{"id":2852,"date":"2022-11-30T10:00:42","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T10:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/circularports.vlaanderen-circulair.be\/?p=2852"},"modified":"2026-04-03T13:19:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T11:19:38","slug":"thirteen-new-projects-receive-grants-under-second-flanders-recycling-hub-call-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.sidekick.be\/circularports\/thirteen-new-projects-receive-grants-under-second-flanders-recycling-hub-call-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Eight new projects receive grants under second \u2018Flanders Recycling Hub\u2019 call"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eight new projects receive grants under second \u2018Flanders Recycling Hub\u2019 call<\/h3>\n

The Flemish Government approved financial support for eight investments to make Flanders the leading recycling hub that it whitens. Specifically, they are eight innovative recycling techniques to close the material cycle. It involves a \u20ac15 million investment from the government, leveraging a total of \u20ac122.3 million in private investment. In this way, Flemish Minister Demir aims to keep materials in the cycle longer and reduce waste, while also preventing the mining of new raw materials. It is already the second time that the Flemish Government is making such investments. Together with the first project call, the Flemish Government is investing 30 million euros in European relaunch funds.<\/span><\/p>\n

At the end of May 2022, the Flemish Public Waste Agency (OVAM) launched the second and final call for projects on the initiative of Flemish Minister for the Environment Zuhal Demir. A jury assessed all applications for support based on various criteria and submitted a ranking to the Flemish Government. The latter made its final decision on 25 November.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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A total of seventeen projects were submitted. Thirteen were eligible for financial support, of which eight were selected for support totalling EUR 15 million. The selected investments show that there are several opportunities in Flanders to invest in recycling.<\/p>\n

1) Waste processors Bionerga and Renewi set up the joint venture\u00a0NEWCO<\/strong>. The aim: to start up and further develop the\u00a0selective collection and recycling of nappies and incontinence materials<\/strong>. The partners will build a processing plant where they will initially recycle the collected plastics by thermal pressure hydrolysis.<\/p>\n

2) As the first in the world,\u00a0Gluecom<\/strong>\u00a0developed a process to recycle gelatine waste\/recyclate into animal glue on a small scale \u2013 without loss of quality. Thanks in part to the aid, it will scale up this process and switch its entire production to recyclates. Gluecom hopes to process 100 per cent of Flemish\u00a0pharmaceutical gelatine waste<\/strong>\u00a0into 8,000 tonnes of glue per year.<\/p>\n

3)\u00a0Soprema<\/strong>\u00a0makes bituminous membranes for the construction industry. These are used for waterproofing roofs, basements, etc., among other things. \u00a0For these membranes\u00a0no fully-fledged waste treatment method today. Soprema will build an industrial plant, the first of its kind, to recycle 6,000 tonnes of\u00a0bituminous membranes<\/strong>\u00a0per year from construction waste (both cutting waste from construction sites and demolition waste).<\/p>\n

4)\u00a0Bioterra<\/strong>\u00a0developed a unique mixing plant capable of processing 120,000 tonnes of\u00a0fine sand<\/strong>\u00a0into specific sand mixtures for concrete and screed production to replace primary sand replacement. A second plant will further purify 30,000 tonnes of\u00a0stony fraction<\/strong>\u00a0into aggregates for the construction industry, addressing the existing problem of glass content.<\/p>\n

5)\u00a0Unilin\u2019s PIRIPAR<\/strong>\u00a0project includes an entire ecosystem to collect pir (polyisocyanurate<\/strong>) waste and recycle it into a new product: decorative panels. The new building panels can in turn be recycled and reused for the same application. Initially focused on yard waste, it is gradually growing to include yard and demolition waste and a production capacity for 8,000 tonnes of pir waste.<\/p>\n

6)\u00a0JBF Global Europe<\/strong>\u00a0(JBFGE) is one of the ten largest PET producers in the world. At its site in Laakdal, it is investing in a new recycling process. In this way, JBFGE wants to achieve a larger production capacity (120-126,000 tonnes of\u00a0post-consumer PET flakes<\/strong>) and higher recycling share. The goal is a food-grade recyclate (i.e. suitable for food packaging) with a recycled content of 60-100%.<\/p>\n

7) Recycling company\u00a0RAFF Plastics<\/strong>\u00a0has developed a process to recycle lightweight polypropylene (PP) from bigbags into granulate for the Flemish fibre industry. Bigbags are now mainly exported outside Europe. The target is to recycle around 10,000 tonnes of\u00a0lightweight polypropylene<\/strong>\u00a0per year.<\/p>\n

8) With the SurePUre project,\u00a0Triple Helix Maas<\/strong>\u00a0has developed new recycling techniques to reduce solid and flexible PUs (Polyurethane) to their basic components via chemical processes. Triple Helix Maas will apply those processes in a new depolymerisation plant in the Antwerp port area. That will be able to process up to 30,000 tonnes of\u00a0PU waste<\/strong>\u00a0on an annual basis.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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