Climate, environment and circular economy

Plastics recycling Our networks Axelera competitiveness cluster The chemical recycling of plastics is an important theme for the Axelera competitiveness cluster, of which IFPEN is a founding member. Petcore Europe Association, based in Brussels, representing the complete PET value chain in Europe AC2R The role of the Association alliance chimie

Plastics recycling Our strengths IFPEN applies its long-standing expertise in a variety of specific areas to the chemical recycling of plastics: • chemicals and chemical engineering, • catalysis (homogeneous, heterogeneous), • analysis, • process engineering, • dimensioning of pilot units. This expertise has already been demonstrated via IFPEN’s achievements in

Plastics recycling Our solutions • Dissolution • Depolymerization • Conversion Back in the 1990s, with the increasingly widespread use of PET as a food packaging material, IFPEN launched its first research projects focusing on recycling via depolymerization. But mechanical recycling technologies were sufficient at the time to meet the sector’s

Plastics recycling Overview and challenges Plastics are widely used in a number of applications: packaging, building, vehicles, household appliances, agriculture, etc. The constant increase in their production goes hand in hand with a corresponding increase in the amount of plastic waste. The environmental challenges associated with this waste, as well

New R&I themes, stimulated by the energy transition and circular economy markets, are beginning to emerge. The multidisciplinarity of IFPEN’s researchers is used in projects covering fields as diverse as CO 2 capture/storage and plastics recycling, addressing the problems of industry. CO 2 capture, utilization and storage Plastics recycling Environmental

metal recycling Our strengths More than 15 years’ experience in R&I on batteries (simulation/dimensioning), and laboratory-based development of next-generation batteries (Li-S, SSB) Utilization of our expertise, acquired at industrial level over more than 40 years on processes similar to CAM production. The development of R&D skills on closed-loop recycling solutions

Life cycle analysis (LCA) Our strengths A dedicated team of Life Cycle Analysis engineers/PhD graduates with expertise covering the entire energy and transport value chain, supported by a team of young researchers working in partnership with specialist LCA laboratories (Elsa Montpellier, CIRAIG Canada, etc.). Close ties with R&D teams making

Life cycle analysis (LCA) Our networks SCORELCA « We are partners of the SCORELCA network, a cooperative LCA and environmental quantification research structure created on the initiative of some leading French companies (EDF, Engie, Renault, Saint-Gobain, TotalEnergies and Veolia), with the support of ADEME. Its objectives are to : define

Life cycle analysis (LCA) Our solutions From attributional LCA to consequential LCA «Our economic engineers work on methods enabling us to assess the performance of the energy and transport sectors. Areas tackled recently include the analysis of the environmental challenges of mobility, biofuels and biobased products, as well as energy