In the Netherlands, Trioworld is leading a collaboration with partners across the value chain to develop a loop for recycling stretch film.
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A Trioworld R&D team at the site in Apeldoorn, in the Netherlands, has initiated a collaboration with partners across the value chain to develop a loop for recycling stretch film. The effort, which receives financing and support from the Dutch government, aims to showcase the potential of plastic circularity.
The project’s full name in Dutch, Sluiten Keten Industriële LLDPE Stretchfilms (SKILLS), directly translates to “Closing the Loop on Industrial LLDPE Stretch Film”.
SKILLS launched in 2024 with €2.9 million in funding from Circular Plastic NL – an initiative by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland or RVO). The collaboration includes Grolsch Brewery (a stretch film end-user), Broecks Plastic Recycling (a recycling collection company), and the Dutch National Test Centre for Circular Plastics (a recycling science institute), covering all links in the stretch film chain.
The project has a maximum timeframe of four years under the terms of the grant, which includes critical guidance based on the RVO’s know-how and experience in supporting entrepreneurs in business endeavours that are (among many other things) sustainable, innovative, and international.
The research of the SKILLS team focuses on improving the technology in handling the waste streams – like sorting, re-granulating and filtering – and the eventual final product – such as design, processing and use.