1、EPSolutelyEPSolutelyBest Practice Example:How Austria is closingthe EPS-LoopMarkus KraftFOAM Expo 2024,StuttgartP A G E 2Sources:Own projections,GPH,Conversio study 2021 THE EPS INDUSTRYS JOURNEY TOWARDS CIRCULARITY,STREC study 2016 EPS/XPS recycling construction sectorEPS construction site Packagin
2、g of e.g.refrigerator,electronics 2kJt collected separately,3.8kJt not collected separately Collected separately:usually not contaminated Not collected separately:possibly contaminated No fire retardant Use e.g.in thermal insulation composite system,flat roof Approx.50kJt of installed goods,of which
3、 approx.7%wastage for new insulation Light contamination e.g.by dust fire retardant PolyFr Use e.g.in thermal insulation composite system,flat roof 5.1kJt in 2022(peak:14kJt in 2045)Heavy contamination e.g.through plaster,reinforcement mesh,adhesive,dust Before 2015:Fire retardant HBCDEPS constructi
4、on siteEPS demolitionEPS packagingThe three Process StreamsThe three Process StreamsP A G E 3Partners along the entire value chainPartners along the entire value chainpreparationEPS productionEPS processingcollection/transport/disposalrecyclingtransportProduct manufacturerCovered by EPS producersThi
5、rd-party providers:Fraunhofer Austriaretailbuilding materialspackagingKunststoff Cluster(third-party suppliers)Project management:Communication:Project ConsortiumTransfer|LOI PartnerindustryResearchadvocacy group/networkDemolitionConstruction siteP A G E 4Project FrameworkProject Framework Funding b
6、y FFG as part of the“RTI Circular Economy Initiative(2021)”,recycling technologies and extraction of secondary raw materials Planned period:01.01.2022 30.06.2024(duration:30 months)Participants:13 consortium partners,2 third-party providers,11 LOI partners Content analysis of the current situation d