CIRCOPLAST aims to play a vital role in advancing the circular economy by enhancing the recyclability of plastics that include flame retardants, thereby helping to minimise environmental impacts.

Despite the fact that many plastic materials are already selectively collected and that some of them are effectively recycled, we have found that plastics contaminated with non-REACH-compliant brominated flame retardants are not or insufficiently recycled, incinerated or, worse still, landfilled.

The CIRCOPLAST project has been set up with the specific aim of responding to this issue. It introduces an innovative new technology for the removal of brominated flame retardants from plastic waste.

The project also demonstrates how these so-called 'difficult' plastics can be reused as new raw materials, thereby drastically reducing the amount of plastic waste produced.