• An innovative European project to process and recycle plastic textile waste
  

• A partnership to reach the objectives set by the European Union in reducing CO2 emissions by 2030
  

• A unique consortium rallying 16 public and private European organizations working together for more circular economy
  

WhiteCycle envisions that by 2030 the uptake and deployment of its circular solution will lead to the annual recycling of more than 2 million tons of the third most widely used plastic in the world, PET[2]. This project should prevent landfilling or incineration of more than 1.8 million tons of that plastic each year. Also, it should enable reduction of CO2 emissions by around 2 million tons.

Complex waste containing textile (PET) from end-of-life tyres, hoses and multilayer clothes are currently difficult to recycle, but could soon become recyclable thanks to the project outcomes. Raw material from PET plastic waste could go back into creation of high-performance products, through a circular and viable value chain.

16 public and private European organizations are combining their scientific and industrial expertises:

• 3 industrial partners (Michelin, Mandals, KORDSA);
  

• 1 cross-sector partnership (Inditex)
  

• 2 waste management companies (Synergies TLC, ESTATO);
  

• 1 intelligent monitoring systems for sorting (IRIS);
  

• 1 biological recycling SME (Carbios);
  

• 1 product life cycle analysis company (IPOINT);
  

• 1 university, expert in FAIR data management (HVL);
  

• 4 universities, research and technology organizations (PPRIME – Université de Poitiers/CNRS, DITF, IFTH, ERASME);
  

• 1 industry cluster (Axelera);
  

• 1 project management consulting company (Dynergie).