Imagine trying to recycle a sponge that has been glued together; it's nearly impossible to get the original material back. This project creates a way to sort and break down old furniture and wall panels into clean wood fibers. These fibers are then used to make new boards and insulation, keeping millions of tons of waste out of landfills.
Europe has accumulated an estimated 60 million tons of fibreboard waste over five years with no commercially viable recycling methods. This creates a massive waste burden and a missed opportunity for raw material recovery.
A sorting line for post-consumer wood waste and extraction technologies to produce wood fines, fibres, and biocomposites.
If you are a panel producer dealing with high raw material costs — this project developed a recycling process that allows secondary fibers to substitute up to 25% of the virgin fibers currently used. This reduces reliance on fresh timber and lowers material input costs.
If you are a waste processor dealing with contaminated wood streams — this project developed a sorting line that separates solid wood from fibreboard with over 95% purity. This allows you to sell high-quality sorted fractions instead of low-value mixed waste.
If you are a building materials company dealing with demand for green products — this project developed extraction technologies to turn waste fibreboard into insulation products and biocomposites. This creates a new revenue stream from secondary raw materials.
Based on available project data, specific pricing or implementation costs are not provided; however, the project aims for commercial viability through multiple valorisation pathways.
The project is validating technologies as system prototypes at TRL 7 in operational environments and at TRL 6 in industrial environments.
Based on available project data, specific licensing terms are not listed, but the technologies are described as transferable and exploitable for biobased industries.
The project period runs from 2022-05-01 to 2026-10-31, suggesting deployment readiness toward the end of 2026.
It integrates via a specialized sorting line that separates post-consumer wood waste into solid wood and fibreboard fractions with >95% purity.
The consortium is heavily industry-driven, with 11 industrial partners (52% of the total) and 4 SMEs, indicating a strong focus on commercial application rather than pure research. With 21 partners across 8 European countries, the project has the necessary scale to validate the technology across different regional waste markets and industrial standards.
Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet (SLU)
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