Welcome to paperChain
Innovative new circular business models
Most of the current waste streams generated by the Pulp & Paper industry (PPI) are currently disposed to landfills or burnt for energy production. Inorganic wastes are basically used as cement raw material and to a lesser extent as soil amendment in forestry applications. These solutions have a low added value and are dependent on the existence of cement kilns and acid soils in the vicinity of the mills, reducing their potential valorisation. Although there is extensive academic research on the waste valorisation to enhance the utilization of paper mill waste streams, there is still a lack of alternatives proved at real scale under operational conditions.
Paperchain is a demonstrative project that proposes innovative applications for different underused PPI waste streams, proving their technical, economic and environmental feasibility in five circular business models through real scale pilots.The project aims at unlocking the situation that hinders the proposed solutions to reach the market, including not only technical issues, but legal, social and economic factors.
To overcome these barriers, the project has involved the whole value chain and provides transparency of their outcomes, being public awareness a priority.
paperChain at a glance
The overall objective of PAPERCHAIN is to deploy five novel circular economy models centred in the valorisation of the waste streams generated by the Pulp and Paper Industry (PPI) as secondary raw material for a number of resource intensive sectors: construction sector, mining sector and chemical industry.
The Project
The Consortium
Circular Cases
REAL SCALE DEMONSTRATORS
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Third of five paperChain project demo-cases begins in Slovenia
Third of five paperChain project demo-cases begins in Slovenia paperChain—the collaborative research and innovation project funded under the European Union´s H2020 programme, and coordinated by Acciona Construction—began the demonstration of its first circular-case in...
Paper and beyond 2018 (organised by CEPI – Confederation of European Paper Industries)
Paper and beyond 2018 gathered representatives of Europe's major pulp and paper producers, manufacturers, customers, researchers and national organisations. The first day was dedicated to the BLUE SKY YOUNG RESEARCHERS & INNOVATION AWARD during which promising...
XXIV TECNICELPA Conference
TECNICELPA joins Academics, Scientists, Technicians and Manufacturers from all over the world working in the Forestry, Pulp and Paper field, including the following topics: -Forest -Raw materials for pulp and paper process -Pulp Production -Papermaking (including...
The first of the five demo-cases of the paperChain project
The first of the five demo-cases of the paperChain project will soon get started in Zaragoza paperChain—the collaborative research and innovation project funded under the European Union´s H2020 programme, and coordinated by Acciona Construction—is all set to start the...