Centexbel, Polymer Comply Europe and Beaulieu Internation Group explained the importance of the CISUFLO project.

1. Webinar
9th September 2021
14.00 -15.30 CET

2. During the meeting
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3. Speakers
Manager EUResearch Centexbel
Project overview
Guy Buyle
Technical ProjectManagerEuPC
Pilot 3 PolySep for separation
Mohammad Hayatifar
Sustainability projectmanager BING
Pilot 5 resilient pilot
Femke Faelens

4. TheCISUFLO project has received funding fromtheEuropean Union’sHorizon2020 Research and InnovationProgrammeunderGrant Agreement No 101003893 www.cisuflo.eu
Live webinar
09/09/2021
Guy Buyle

5. CISUFLOscope
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Circular Sustainable Floor coverings
‘Laminate’
‘Vinyl’
‘Textile’

6. • Set-up of a systemic framework for circular and sustainable floor covering
• Minimize the total environmental impact of the sector
• Make transition from linear to circular flow
CISUFLOmaingoals
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Raw
materials
Flooring
producer
Installer
Client
(B2B, B2C)
Remover
Waste
collector
Energy
recovery
Flooring
Producers
Installer
Remover
Maintenance
Collector
Sorter
Separation
Recycling
Secondary
raw material
Primary raw
materials
Energy recovery

7. • Develop solutions for recycling current Floor Covering waste
streams (open or closed loop)
• Adapt the composition and manufacturing of current products
to enable a higher Recycled Content
• Design, manufacture and market novel flooring products and
services, that are fully fit for the circular economy
• Demonstration via pilots
CISUFLOkeyobjectives

8. CISUFLOPilots
Manufacturing Usephase End-of-Life
Pilot 1
‘Circular floor
covering’
Other sectors
WASTE:
incineration,
biodegradation
Shredding
Identification
& sorting
PolySep
process
Energy
recovery
Secondary Raw
materials
Other sectors
Sorted wastestreamsenriched
for specificcomponent
(wood,PA,PVC,PP,…)
Pilot 4
‘Laminate Recycling’
Pilot 5
‘PVC Recycling’
Pilot 6
‘Circular carpet’
Main streams
Minor streams Cross-sectorialsstreams
Pilot 3
‘Separation’
Primary Raw
materials
Pilot 2
‘Sorting’

9. PILOT 1 – Manufacturing of Circular Floor Coverings
Expected output: prototypesfor the 3 flooring types (laminate, vinyl and textile), maximizing recycled
content and recyclability, including ‘tagging’.
PILOT 2 – Sorting of flooring waste
Expected output: automated systemfor inline recognition of floor covering waste.
PILOT 3 – Separation of material fractions from complex flooring waste
Expected output: batch type separation for complex flooring waste mixtures like PVC/glass fibre for
resilientor PA/PET for textiles.
PILOT 4 - Laminate flooring recycling
Expected output: ‘defibring’ line for laminates.
PILOT 5 - Vinyl flooring recycling
Expected output: production of resilient flooring with increased recycled content, showing industrial
symbiosiswith construction sector.
PILOT 6 - Textile flooring recycling
Expected output: demonstration of full circularity of PA carpets
CISUFLOPilots

10. Work structured in three phases:
Preparation, Pilot implementation and Industrial take up
CISUFLOWork plan

11. A well-balanced EU mix consisting of:
4 Associations, 9 Industrial partners, 6 RTOs
CISUFLOConsortium

12. Develop and pilot circular systems in plastics, textiles and furniture sectors
H2020call text
Source: https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/ce-sc5-28-2020

13. • EUFCA presented a ‘call for action’ for this H2020 call at ECP4 event
• Interested in call because of:
 ‘Systemic approach’, involvement of all stakeholders
 Floor coverings well fitting: it links to textiles ánd plastics ánd furniture
• Centexbel and TNO responded and worked out proposal
Background for CISUFLO

14. • Provide an umbrella / a framework for past (& coming) projects
on ‘circular flooring products’
• Examples of past/running projects:
 ECOMETEX: Design approaches for circular carpet constructions,
e.g. via mono-material and via easy-to-separate materials.
 REMADYL: Recycling of PVC, identification of legacy additives (Pb and plasticizers),
removal of legacy additives (using extractive extrusion processes and melt filtration
techniques).
 CIRCULARFLOORING: recovery of PVC from post-consumer PVC floor coverings and
separation of legacy plasticizers to create recycled material for new PVC floor
coverings.
• These projects cover only a (small) part or a specific aspect
of the (circular) value chain
Motivation for CISUFLO

15. Why Centexbelas coordinator
Centexbel
 Collective researchand technology centre
 Focus on ‘Textiles’ and ‘Plastics’
 Membership organisation
 180 collaborators- 3 sites
 Non profit
Research and Innovation Strategy
Close to industry:
 Needs
 Opportunities
Sustainability:
 Resource efficiency
 Recycling materials
 Biopolymers (industrialimplementation)

16. • Call: H2020-SC5-28-2020
• Type of action: IA - Innovation action
• Grant Agreement: 101003893
• Total budget: € 9,03 mio
• EC funding: € 7,69 mio
• Starting date: June 1, 2021
• Duration: 48 months
• Coordinator: Centexbel
Projectdata and acknowledgement
This project has received funding from the European
Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
under grant agreementNo 101003893.

17. TheCISUFLO project has received funding fromtheEuropean Union’sHorizon2020 Research and InnovationProgrammeunderGrant Agreement No 101003893 www.cisuflo.eu

18. The EuPoLySeP project
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A new Delamination & Separation
concept for products with complex
polymeric structures
CONFIDENTIAL
ERFMIWorkshop– 08/09/2021

19. Table of contents
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o Scope of the EuPoLySep project
o The PVC separation process
o Phase I: Lab scale trials
o Phase II: Installation of a model separation pilot
plant in Belgium

20. Scope of EuPolySep
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o Polymeric composite structures
extremely difficult to recycle as
are all
they are
comprised of multiple layers, and often they
are landfilled or incinerated at their end of life.
o It is an urgent need to develop a methodology
polymer composite structures in which
to delaminate/separate polymers from
the
polymer can be more readily isolated from the
composite structure for subsequent recycling.

21. What is PVC Separation?
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o The PVC Separation technology (Aus) is a patented process
that can separate many types of laminated polymers and
other diverse materials which are currently considered
difficultor impossibleto separate (and recycle).
o The process is quick and cost effective. It entails a small
carbon foot print and requires a simple processing plant.
o This separation technology can prevent over thousands of
tons of waste to be landfilled, making them re-usable again.

22. Intellectual Property and
Trademarks
Patent owned or currently under application by PVC Separation
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23. PVC Separation process
The PVC separation process consists of 3 main steps and is fully
compliantwith the concept of circular economy
Beforeseparationprocess
Duringseparationprocess
After
separation
process
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24. 3 main steps
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This method is composed of three main steps:
o Contacting the polymer composite structure with an organic solvent, which is
absorbed within one or both of the polymer and substrate, however the
solvent does not dissolve either the polymer or the substrate;
o Contacting the polymer composite structure provided in step (I) with a
catalytic liquid (i) having a temperature higher than boiling point of the
organic solvent used in step (I) and (ii) that does not dissolve either the
polymer or the substrate, but its action promotes separation between the
polymer and the substrate.
o After performing the step (II), if the polymer that is to be separated has not
completely separated from the substrate, complete separation can be
obtained by subjecting the treated polymer composite structure to shear
and/or comminution.
The separated polymer can then be isolated using known techniques such as
float tanks or cyclones.

25. Main advantages of the process
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o Uses a mechanical separation principle at
atmospheric pressure and lower temperatures
o Is capable of separating any product made of two
or more laminated / coated products
o The chemicals used are non-hazardous and widely
used in industry/public for decades.
o Almost no chemical is lost per cycle because it is
100% recovered as it flashes off during the process
and recovered via condensation.

26. First testing phase - Q2/Q3 2019
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o First sampling - May 2019
o Second sampling - June 2019
o Third sampling - July 2019
o Final sampling - September 2019
o Total 24 companies
o More than 70 samples tested (1kg max per sample)
Phase 1: Testing samples
Phase 2: Small pilot project
Phase 3: Industrial plant installation

27. Samples provided for tests by
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28. Testing samples were performed in Australia during
the period May-September 2019.
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VANDERLENDE
Samples provided for tests by

29. Difficult to recycle B&C products in newly
developed separation testing phase
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31. Difficult to recycle B&C products in newly
developed separation testing phase
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32. Separation test results
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33. Separation test results
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34. Blisters separation
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35. Luxury Vinyl Tiles (LVTs)
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36. o Satisfying results from lab trials
o The need to carry out tests with larger quantities of samples per product
category is essential to evaluate the efficiency of the separation process
o Set up an small industrial pilot plant:
• to make larger tests
• to have more accurate information on energy consumption, plasticizer
recovery, etc.
• to make a decision on the design of the plant: only PVC or other polymers,
only a product category (floors and carpets) or multiproduct, etc.
o All these variables affect the composition of the consortium and the financial
structure of the project.
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EuPolySep – Phase II

37. EuPolySep – Phase II
o To design and build a small working model of the basic plant
and equipment required to simplyand effectively
demonstrate PVC Separation Pty Ltd (PVC Separation)
patented process in a safe and cost effective manner
o The Pilot Plant will be designed to separate different multilayer
materials in semi-continuous cycles
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38. o The PilotPlant is required to process flexiblePVC materials with a
capacity of 0.5kg per minute, or 600kg over a 24 hour period.
o Target materials to be tested in the pilot:
Seat coverings, laminated PVCand polyester products, coated
fabrics, coated films, imitation leather products, self-adhesive labels
and stickers, wrapand packaging, tarps, banners and shade cloth
type products, PVC bags and coverings
EuPolySep consortiumwas set up in May 2021:
o 2 years project (2021- 2022)
o Consortiummembers: ESWA, IVK, ECRA, Renolit, Low&Bonar,
TMG, Cifra, Griffine and Vulcaflex
o Industry members of Phase II will havethe right of being
shareholder of the industrialstage (phase III)
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EuPolySep – Phase II

39. Key milestones
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Item Milestone Period
1 Design completion October2021
2 Procurement&Installation October2021– January 2022
3 PCE witness tests February2022
4 Pilot shipment to Belgium February– March2022
o Interested companies/organisations can still support the project
through joining the consortium.

40. Next Steps
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o Conduct trials in the pilot plant March - April
2022 in Belgium (Centexbel site in Liège)
o Business plan and legal entity set up for industrial p
in the course of 2022-2023.

41. Contact
Polymer Comply Europe
Address:
Avenuede Cortenbergh 71, 1000 Brussels Belgium
E-mail: info@pceu.eu
Phone: +32 2 739 63 88
Fax:+32 2 732 42 18
Website: www.polymercomplyeurope.eu
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42. PCE, Your Network, Your Solution, Your Advisor
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43. ERFMI Live Webinar - CiSuFlo
9th of September 2021
CISUFLO
Vinyl Floorcoverings
Femke Faelens

44. Why is CISUFLO relevant?
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“There is no more urgent need for acceleration than when it comes
to the future of our fragile planet.
Our current levels of consumption of raw materials, energy, water,
food and land use are not sustainable. We need to change how we
treat nature, how we produce and consume, live and work, eat and
heat, travel and transport.
It is about making systemic modernisation across our economy,
society and industry. It is aboutbuildinga stronger worldto live in.”
State of the Union 2020

45. Develop solutionsfor recyclingcurrent Floor
Covering wastestreams(open or closed loop)
Adapt the compositionand manufacturing of
current products to enable a higher Recycled
Content
Design, manufacture and market novel
flooring products andservices, that are fully fit
for the circular economy
Demonstrationvia pilots
CISUFLO key objectives

46. Beaulieu International Group
29
plants
4,700+
employees
20
sales offices &
distributioncenters
17
countries
FACTS & FIGURES
Serving multiple
market segments
Agriculture – Automotive –
Commercial – Construction –
Hygiene – Industrial – Public –
Residential
16,000
unique customers in
140
different countries
Global Industrial Group
Polymers, Engineered Solutions
& Flooring Solutions
Family owned
HQ in Belgium
FACTS & FIGURES

47. Beaulieu International Group
Polymers
Beaulieu
Engineered
Solutions
Beaulieu
Flooring
Solutions
Upholstery Fabrics
Tufted Carpet
Needle Felt
Vinyl Rolls
Wood
Vinyl Planks
Mats
Fibres
Yarns
Technical Textiles
Homopolymer
Impact copolymer
Random copolymer
Technical Sheets
Artificial Grass

48. PILOT1 – ManufacturingofCFC(UNILIN,BIG,EDELandMOGU)
Expected output: prototypes for the 3 flooring types (laminate, vinyl and textile), maximizing recycled content and recyclability, including
‘tagging’.
PILOT2 – Sortingofflooringwaste(CTB)
Expected output: automated system for inline recognition of floor covering waste.
PILOT3 – Separationofmaterialfractionsfromcomplexflooring waste(CTB - Polysep)
Expected output: batch type separation for complex flooring waste mixtures like PVC/glass fibre for resilient or PA/PET for textiles.
PILOT4 - Laminateflooringrecycling(UNILIN)
Expected output: ‘defibring’ line for laminates.
PILOT5 - Vinylflooringrecycling (BIG)
Expected output: production of resilient flooring with increased recycled content, showing industrial symbiosis with construction sector.
PILOT6 - Textileflooringrecycling(PAcarpets,EDEL,CWS,AQUA)
Expected output: demonstration of full circularity of PA carpets
4 pilots for vinyl floorcoverings
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49. PILOT1 – ManufacturingofCFC(UNILIN,BIG,EDELandMOGU)
Expected output: prototypes for the 3 flooring types (laminate, vinyl and textile), maximizing recycled content and recyclability, including
‘tagging’.
PILOT2 – Sortingofflooringwaste(CTB)
Expected output: automated system for inline recognition of floor covering waste.
PILOT3 – Separationofmaterialfractionsfromcomplexflooring waste(CTB - Polysep)
Expected output: batch type separation for complex flooring waste mixtures like PVC/glass fibre for resilient or PA/PET for textiles.
PILOT4 - Laminateflooringrecycling(UNILIN)
Expected output: ‘defibring’ line for laminates.
PILOT5 - Vinylflooringrecycling (BIG)
Expected output: production of resilient flooring with increased recycled content, showing industrial symbiosis with construction sector.
PILOT6 - Textileflooringrecycling(PAcarpets,EDEL,CWS,AQUA)
Expected output: demonstration of full circularity of PA carpets
4 pilots for vinyl floorcoverings
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51. Maximizerecycledcontent and
recyclability,include ‘tagging’
Automatedsystem for inline recognitionof floor covering waste
Separationfor complex flooring wastemixtures
Production of resilient flooring
withincreasedrecycledcontent,
showing industrialsymbiosis with
construction sector

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M1: Pilot requirements collected.1st disseminationcampaign.
M2: First CFC guidelines available.Start of Pilot 1 activities.
M3: Start of Pilots 2, 3, 4 & 5.
M4: Best practice CFC guidelinesavailable.
Start ofPilot 6 andof'Takeup'events.
M5: Pilot 1 finished. LCA & TEA info.Start of
tailoring circular business plans.
M6: Handover for
‘beyond’ CISUFLO

53. • Can we introducerecycled PVC in coatedheterogeneousCV products in a stable,
consistentway at high recycled content?
• Can we increase recycled PVC contentin LVT further?
• Can we includerecycled PVC from other sectors such as construction?
• Can we redesignthe product for increasedrecyclabilityand increased recycled content?
• Can we close the loop in CV and LVT flooring?
• What tagging methods are feasible for CV and LVT?
• What are best practice guidelines?
A lot of open questions that need answering
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54. We will utilize our
• Fully equipped testinglaboratories
• Lab equipmentfor prototype development
• CV and LVT manufacturing linesto pilot increased RC and integrate tagging
• R&D team & knowledge in CV and LVT manufacturing
• LCA team & knowledge
• Consortiumpartners
• Membership of MMFA, ERFMI, EUFCA…
To find the answers
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55. CISUFLO will tackle
• Automatedsorting
• Separation of complexflooring constructions
• Guidelinesfor circular flooring
• Guidelinesfor product tagging and passports
• Closed loop and open loop circular systems
• Circular businessmodelsand systemic
transition support
Conclusion
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56. CISUFLO is
• An ambitiousproject spanning the whole
value chain
• An opportunity to become circular and
to collaboratewithin our sector
• An opportunity to collaborate cross-
sector
Conclusion
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57. Femke Faelens
SustainabilityProject Manager
femke.faelens@bintg.com
+32 471 93 12 61
CISUFLO Contact person in B.I.G.
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