Solvay received the Pierre Potier Prize medal in the 'Process' category for its Move4earth innovation, which enables Solvay to transform technical textile waste, such as silicone coated fabrics used in airbags, into high quality recycled plastics.
“The continuous process combines fine shredding and chemical activation phase, associated with a separation technique based on density,” the French company said.Solvay received the Pierre Potier Prize medal in the 'Process' category for its Move4earth innovation, which enables Solvay to transform technical textile waste, such as silicone coated fabrics used in airbags, into high quality recycled plastics. “The continuous process combines fine shredding and chemical activation phase, associated with #
The Move4earth project was piloted by the Engineering Plastics division at Solvay and was developed entirely in France by the Group's research, innovation and engineering teams.
As per Solvay, supported by the European Commission's 'Life+' program, the Move4earth technology is currently in the industrialisation phase at a Polish site.
The recycled plastics obtained from the Move4earth process are a good substitute to high performance technical plastics used in automotive, construction, household appliance and leisure industries.
The innovation also offers significant environmental advantages like 26 per cent reduction in carbon footprint, 48 per cent savings in non-renewable resources and a 69 per cent drop in water consumption, as against the standard process.
According to Peter Browning, general manager of Engineering Plastics at Solvay, around 25,000 tons of technical textile waste is generated from airbags every year round the world, and around 100,000 tons of end-of-life airbags.”
“Move4earth opens the way for new recycling streams, by reusing textile waste for which there is currently no high performance recycling solution,” Browning said.
“Solvay is proud to have been granted this prize that rewards the best sustainable development projects,” Vincent Kamel, president of the Performance Polyamides division said.
“Move4earth is an emblematic initiative of the Group, forming an ecosystem that generates value for all the stakeholders,” he added. (AR)
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