Bringing nappies into the circular economy · 2019-08-05 · Founded in 1958 by Angelini Since...
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Bringing nappies into the circular economyWorld Waste to Energy and Resources
Summit
Giovanni Teodorani Fabbri, GM FaterSMART
Founded in 1958 by AngeliniSince 1992, a joint-venture between Procter&Gamble and Angelini
1,600 employees 1,000 related employees Turnover: ca € 1.0 Bn 4,563,900,882 products per year 4% of turnover in R&D 5 facilities: Pescara, Campochiaro (Italy), Porto (Portugal),
Mohammidia (Morocco), Gebze (Turkey)
THE SIZE OF THE PRIZE
• 30,000,000 tons / year sent to landfill or incinerationglobally
• 8,500,000 t/y in EU
• 900,000 t/y in Italy
• More than 12,000,000 people in Italy have access toseparate AHP* waste collection (+1,000,000 vs. ya)
*Absorbent Hygiene Products (i.e. baby diapers, fem care, adult incontinence)
A TECHNOLOGY DESIGNED TO CLOSE THE LOOP
Diaper RECYCLING | Closing the loop
*Absorbent Hygiene Products(i.e. baby diapers, fem care, adult
incontinence)
Homes and institutions
Diaper waste
Waste collector
Waste operator
AHP* Recycling
R-Cellulose
R-Plastic
R-SupersorberNew
applications
IT IS LIVE!PLANT IN ITALY
100% RECYCLING OF USEDPRODUCT!THE ONLY TECHNOLOGY THAT RECOVERS ALL THE MAIN COMPONENTS
• LOCATION• Treviso, Northern Italy
• CAPACITY• 10,000 t/y of AHP
• COVERAGE• 1 million population served by segregateddiaper waste collection from households
Key Milestones:
2009- Start of Development2013- Pilot Plant 2015- Demo Plant operational 2017- Industrial scale in place & working
Sterilized plastics
Closed-Loop Applications
Domestic container for nappy waste
School desks
Upcycling
nappy RECYCLING | Up-cycling outcome: sterilized plastics
Sterilized cellulose
Upcycling
Paper products
Constructionmaterials
Viscose
nappy RECYCLING | Up-cycling outcome: sterilized cellulose
Sterilized SAP
Upcycling
Flood protection
Protection Against humidity for cables
Absorbent products
Source: Ambiente Italia ’Report on scenarios of the collection and recycling of absorbent hygienic products’ (2016)
CARBON FOOTPRINT ANALYSIS: NETHERLANDS
As usual scenario Recycling scenario
Kg CO2eq/ton produced by the collection 11 28
Kg CO2eq/ton produced by the process 565 209
Kg CO2eq/ton avoided -235 -399
341 -162
SAFETY CERTIFICATIONS BY INDIPENDENT 3RD PARTY
• Microbiological Sterilization efficacy
• Steam penetration in every part of
the diapers
• Degradation of any drug residualsboth from SRMs and wastewater,
even when spiked with x100
commonly found concentrations
WHAT’S NEXT: EMBRACED CONSORTIUM
• Call for proposal: H2020-BBI-JTI-2016• Topic: Valorisation of the organic content
of Municipal Solid Waste and contributing to the renewable circular economy
• Starting date: June 1st, 2017• Duration: 60 months
13 Partners7 EU Countries