Several european projects contribuing to the EU Plastic Strategy have been presented during the virtual cluster meeting. The event consisted of 5 sessions: (i) Transition to the circular economy: the case of plastics, (ii) Tackling the plastic pollution, (iii) Plastics in agriculture, (iv) Improving the sorting, separation and recycling of composite and multi-layer materials and (v) Circular systems in plastics, textile and furniture sectors. With reference to the last session, Dr. Guy from Centexbel presented CISUFLO.

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CISUFLO project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon
2020 Research and Innovation Programme under Grant Agreement No 101003893 1

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19 Partners:
6 Research Centers
9 Industrial Partners
4 Cluster Associations
A well-balanced EU mix of manufacturers, RTOs and associations:
Who we are

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Who we are
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Project ID:
Call: H2020-SC5-2020-2
Type of action: IA - Innovation action
Grant Agreement N°: 101003892
Total budget: € 9,03 mio
EC funding: € 7 694 594
Starting date: June 1 2021
Duration: 48 months
Coordinator: Centexbel
Project Coordinator:
Guy Buyle, Manager EU research
Ine De Vilder, Researcher
info@cisuflo.eu
www.cisuflo.eu

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Design and manufacturing
new products, with high
recycled content and fully
fit for the circular
economy.
Circularity Developing solutions to
improve the recyclability
of flooring products.
Recycling
Covering the entire value
chain to enable the shift to
a circular business
model, including the setup
of an integrated product
information system
Holistic
approach
To be established with
external linked sectors
(construction, furniture,
plastics, etc).
What we deliver: CISUFLO goals
Synergies
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Main goal: transition to a sustainable circular flooring sector

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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
• Setting-up a systemic
framework for circular and
sustainable floor covering;
• Minimizing the total
environmental impact of
the sector;
• Shifting from linear to
circular flow:
• Setting-up a systemic
framework for circular and
sustainable floor covering;
• Minimizing the total
environmental impact of
the sector;
What we deliver: CISUFLO goals

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Three floor covering types are selected to
represent the sector:
Textiles:
Laminates:
Vinyl:
Floor coverings made out of wood fibres;
‘Resilient’ floor covering type made out of PVC;
Carpets made out of polyamide (PA) or
polypropylene (PP).
Scope: focus on 3 floor coverings types

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CISUFLO Pilots

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Contribution to the EU Plastics Strategy
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Contributions:
• Design for circularity
• Collection schemes
• Expand and modernize
EU’s sorting and recycling capacity
• Increased recycled content
Deliverable ‘policy brief’ at mid-term & end:
input on design aspects, EoW requirements,
digital platforms for circularity, standardization

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32 EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS
Participating with feedback and contributions to the project
on a voluntary basis.
DIFFERENT TYPES OF ENTITIES
MULTI-SECTORAL COMPOSITION
Learn more and apply here
The Transition Support Group (TSG) established to leverage impact:
Clustering opportunities

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• Cisuflo CoP (Community of Practice)
• AGORA’ Platform
• EIT Climate KIC
• Approached by the TRICK project (ITA): working on blockchain for a sustainable textile industry
• Open to join cluster and networks (e.g. Plastics Circularity Multiplier)
Clustering opportunities

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CISUFLO project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020
Research and Innovation Programme under Grant Agreement No 101003893

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Marco de la Feld
ENCO srl
m.delafeld@enco-consulting.it
www.enco-consulting.it