Imagine turning old car tyres, dead batteries, and rubble from demolished buildings into a city's bike paths and charging stations. Instead of letting this waste pile up in landfills, it's being reshaped into durable roads and street furniture. It's like giving urban trash a second life as a high-tech transit network.
Cities struggle to reduce CO2 emissions and manage urban waste like old tyres and batteries. Current recycling techniques often have a high environmental footprint or result in low-value products.
Recycled concrete precast elements, PV panels from recycled materials, rubber bollards, lane dividers, and rubberized asphalt.
If you are a construction firm dealing with high costs of virgin raw materials — this project developed rubberized asphalt and recycled concrete elements that reduce the environmental footprint of 100 km of cycling paths.
If you are a provider dealing with the carbon cost of hardware manufacturing — this project developed 20 e-bike charging stations made from recycled concrete and PV panels produced with recycled materials.
If you are a recycler dealing with low-value waste streams — this project developed a way to transform EoL tyres and batteries into high-performance urban furniture like bollards and lane dividers.
Based on available project data, specific pricing or cost-reduction percentages are not provided.
The project is implementing solutions across 100 km of cycling paths and 20 e-bike charging stations in 7 different countries.
Based on available project data, there is no mention of specific licensing terms or patent strategies.
The project targets the transition to a carbon-neutral, toxic-free, circular economy by 2050 and focuses on reducing CO2 emissions.
The project period runs from 2025-01-01 to 2028-12-31.
The consortium is heavily weighted toward practical application, featuring 36 partners with a strong industrial presence (10 industry partners, 10 SMEs). With only 3 universities and 7 research entities, the project is designed for deployment rather than basic research. The 28% industry ratio and the involvement of 13 countries suggest a broad market-testing approach across diverse European regulatory environments.
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