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H2020Staff exchange2020–2026

WORLD · Waste Oils RecycLe and Development

Horizon 2020 — Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Duration
2020-10-01 → 2026-01-31
EU contribution
€460,000
Participants
10
Scheme
MSCA-RISE

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Results in brief

Waste Oils RecycLe and Development

The development of new processes and business models in the framework of the circular economy is a pivotal target to increase the sustainability of new and existing processes. In this context, the use of wastes as raw materials represent a key step. Used Vegetable Oils (UVOs) are perfect for this target: are wastes from the food chain, are produced in high amount worldwide, and their chemical composition is quite easy to be subjected to a fast process of recycling. To develop a specific and innovative business plan for UVOs recycling which takes in large consideration the current technological limits and possibilities is the main goal of the project WORLD. Intensive and economical and environmental sustainable recycling of UVOs for non-bio-diesel applications will have a huge impact on the overall socio-sustainability. Also, the topic is easy to be disseminated and comunicated all-along the civil society, including school students of any age. More in specific, the overall objective of WORLD project are the definition of a fast, easy and highly sustainable process to regenerate the triglycerides contained in UVOs. Once a suitable protocol is available, a business plan will be developed to make the entire value chain interesting for private entrepreneurs.

Data: CORDIS, © European Union

Project objective

Although several Countries have enacted specific legislations in order to boost the recycling of used vegetable oils, the limits of the current technology don’t allow a proper reutilization of such raw material. The project WORLD aims to develop a virtuous green process for WCOs recycling which applying a circular economy model. An innovative fast and zero-waste production of biolubricants from WCOs will be developed employing green and recyclable raw materials (water and natural bentonites). The wastewaters and the contaminated bentonites will be recycled in two independent sub-processes. In addition to the biolubricants production, the possibility to obtain a suitable medium for VOCs treatment from WCOs will be considered. The scientific part of the project will be developed in agreement to the economic guidelines defined by UBU-ICCRAM. In fact, in order to develop a circular economy model and to produce refined products competitive on the global market, a detailed business plan will be edited. The recycling of the raw materials, the minimization of Critical Raw Materials (CRMs) and reduction of the production costs with respect to existing processes, will be exploited for build the economic plan. The Company GESTTA will guarantee assistance in the scale-up step will facilitate the brake into the market of the refined products. Life Cycle Assessment studies (LCA) and market analyses performed by UBU-ICCRAM will enhance the market competitiveness of the proposed process. The optimized transfer of know-how and skills within the Staff members involved from the academic and private sectors, as well as the best strategies of value chain analysis, scaling-up analysis and financial requirements analysis, during all the duration of the project will be guaranteed by the contribution to the project of FYD, an Italian Company specialized in transfer of knowledge activities.

Original text from CORDIS.

Participants

  • POLITECNICO DI MILANO · MilanoCoordinatorItaly
  • FIND YOUR DOCTOR SRL · MilanoItaly
  • GESTTA MEDIO AMBIENTAL SL · BurgosSpain
  • LAPPEENRANNAN-LAHDEN TEKNILLINEN YLIOPISTO LUT · LappeenrantaFinland
  • SMART SENSORY SOLUTIONS SRL · SASSARIItaly
  • UNIVERSIDAD DE BURGOS · BurgosSpain
  • UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI BRESCIA · BresciaItaly
  • UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI SASSARI · SassariItaly
  • UNIVERSITE DE SIDI BEL-ABBES* DJILLALI LIABES UNIVERSITY · Sidi Bel AbbesAlgeria
  • UNIVERSITE DU LITTORAL · DunkerqueFrance

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Data: CORDIS, © European Union