Status
In Progress
Material Class
Polymers
specific materials
Polyurethane
20-01-RR-4071
Reprocessing and Upcycling of Mixed Polyurethane Waste Streams
NODE
Technical Thrust
Recycling & Recovery
Chemical & Solvent-Based Recycling & Separation (Atomic/Molecular) Technologies
project Members
About
This project seeks to increase post-consumer polyurethane foam recycling and circularity through an innovative reprocessing strategy which incorporates a catalyst into the post-consumer materials to enable these materials to be reprocessed by extrusion or injection molding at elevated temperatures to useful products.