A2C demonstrators

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement N° 101036838. D6.3 – Demonstrators March 2025 Authors: Maricarmen Cánovas (GWC), Fuensanta Monzó (CETEC) Ref. Ares(2025)6384854 - 05/08/2025 A2C – Deliverable D6.3v1.0 Page 2 І16 Technical references Project Acronym Agro2Circular Project Title TERRITORIAL CIRCULAR SYSTEMIC SOLUTION FOR THE UPCYCLING OF RESIDUES FROM THE AGRIFOOD SECTOR Project Coordinator Fuensanta Monzó CETEC [email protected] Project Duration October 2021 – March 2025 (42 months) Deliverable No. D6.3 Dissemination level* PU Work Package WP 6 - Demonstration of the A2C technological solution Task Task 6.1Integration of the technologies at pilot scale Lead beneficiary GWC (2) Contributing beneficiary/ies CETBIO (7), CTNC (13), DMC (17) Due date of deliverable 28 February 2025 Actual submission date 31 March 2025 * PU = Public PP = Restricted to other programme participants (including the Commission Services) RE = Restricted to a group specified by the consortium (including the Commission Services) CO = Confidential, only for members of the consortium (including the Commission Services) Document history V Date Comments v0.1 31/03/2025 First draft of document v0.2 31/03/2025 Revised version based on the comments of Name Reviewer(s) - Organisation A2C – Deliverable D6.3v1.0 Page 3 І16 v1.0 31/03/2025 First final version, approved by the WP leader and the project coordinator, (will be) submitted to EC. v1.1 First draft based upon first final version v2.0 Second final version, approved by the WP leader and the project coordinator, (will be) submitted to EC. Document Distribution Log Version Date Distributed to v0.1 29/03/2025 All contributors V0.2 31/03/2025 All contributors Verification and approval Name Date Verification Final Draft by WP leader Salvador Navarro 31/03/2025 Approval Final Deliverable by coordinator Fuensanta Monzó 31/03/2025 A2C – Deliverable D6.3v1.0 Page 4 І16 Disclaimer and acknowledgement This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101036838 Disclaimer This document reflects only the views of the author(s) the European Research Executive Agency (REA) is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains. Whilst efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy and completeness of this document, the A2C consortium shall not be liable for any errors or omissions, however caused. A2C – Deliverable D6.3v1.0 Page 5 І16 Table of contents List of abbreviations 6 1 Introduction .................................................................................. 7 2 DEMOs ........................................................................................ 8 2.1 DEMO 1 ................................................................................................................. 8 2.2 DEMO 2 ................................................................................................................. 9 2.3 DEMO 3 ............................................................................................................... 10 2.4 DEMO 4 ............................................................................................................... 11 2.5 DEMO 5 ............................................................................................................... 12 2.6 DEMOs 6-8 ......................................................................................................... 13 2.7 DEMOs 7-9 ......................................................................................................... 14 2.8 DEMOs 10 ........................................................................................................... 15 List of Figures Figure 1: DEMO 1 Flow chart .............................................................................................. 8 Figure 2: DEMO 2 Flow chart .............................................................................................. 9 Figure 3: DEMO 3 Flow chart ............................................................................................ 10 Figure 4: DEMO 4 Flow chart ............................................................................................ 11 Figure 5: DEMO 5 Flow chart ............................................................................................ 12 Figure 6: DEMOs 6-8 Flow chart ....................................................................................... 13 Figure 7: DEMO 7-9 Flow chart ......................................................................................... 14 Figure 8: DEMO 10 Flow chart .......................................................................................... 15 A2C – Deliverable D6.3v1.0 Page 6 І16 List of abbreviations EG: Ethylen glycol EVOH: Ethylene vinyl alcohol PA: Polyamides PBAT: Polybutylene adipate terephthalate PET/PE: Polyethylene terephthalate/Polyethylene TPA: Terephthalic acid PHBV: poly (3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) DIS: Data integration system DPP: Digital product passport A2C – Deliverable D6.3v1.0 Page 7 І16 1 Introduction During the A2C project the technologies for the upcycling have been developed and integrated in several processes for the upcycling of multilayer and multimaterial plastic waste and fruit & vegetable waste, generated by the agrifood industry in the Region of Murcia. Spain. The technologies have been scaled up into 10 demonstrators which are explained in this deliverable by describing the different materials and steps involved and the interconnection between DEMOs through flowcharts and videos. Play list DEMOS’ VIDEOS A2C – Deliverable D6.3v1.0 Page 8 І16 2 DEMOs 2.1 DEMO 1 Upcycling of multilayer-multimaterial plastic waste (metallised barrier packaging) Figure 1: DEMO 1 Flow chart VIDEO DEMO 1 onveyor 2 ashing hopper 3 ashing tan centrifuge industrial lo er 6 yclone vi rating screen optical sorting A2C – Deliverable D6.3v1.0 Page 9 І16 2.2 DEMO 2 Figure 2: DEMO 2 Flow chart VIDEO DEMO 2 A2C – Deliverable D6.3v1.0 Page 16 І16 VIDEO DEMO 10