The project is financed from Horizon 2020 programme and is "the most Polish European project", because as many as 11 participants are Polish institutions. Companies and research centres will work on "green" technologies for a circular economy.
The first working meeting of the partners was held on 17 November in the Sports Bay.
This is a very complex project, as evidenced by its budget and the list of consortium members. Lodz University of Technology likes challenges, the results of which bring good for our planet, increasingly threatened by human activities. We take many initiatives in the field of sustainable development, and joining this great project is one of them. I am glad that the Lodz region will be the area of first implementation of good solutions and technologies which will later go worldwide,
says professor Krzysztof Jóźwik, Rector of Lodz University of Technology.
Our university will conduct research and development work related to plastic and rubber waste. We will focus on the development of technology allowing us to reuse carbon dioxide produced by the project leader, K-Flex.
The Italian company K-Flex has 14 production facilities around the world. K-FLEX Polska has been operating in our country for 19 years. The plant, employing over 800 people, is the largest employer in Uniejów. It specialises in the production of thermal and acoustic insulation from foamed rubber and polyethylene.