On February 19 & 20, the European Wood2Wood project held its kick-off meeting in Athens. Coordinated by the Institute of Communication and Computer Systems (ICCS) of NTUA, the project involves 25 partners – companies, institutes, organizations and academic bodies – coming from 9 European countries and South Africa, within the framework of Horizon Europe.
W2W, short for Wood-to-Wood Cascade Upcycling Valorisation, is aimed at reshaping how we potentially use, re-use and recycle wood, especially from construction and demolition (C&D) and discarded furniture, proposes and plan a circular course for the use of wood, based on the circular economy principles. In the context of the project, through an integrated approach, advanced wood separation and sorting technologies, recycling processes and technologies as well as digital tools will be used and developed to improve the circular flows of secondary materials. At the same time, the creation of a wider support framework for the implementation of the technologies that will be developed will be considered, both in terms of policies, as well as in the terms of the market and the development of appropriate skills. The effectiveness and sustainability of value chains will be examined through three different use cases.
ISENSE, in addition to coordinating the project, also leads work packages on waste management and collaborates on work packages aimed at developing digital technologies to improve circular flows of secondary materials.
During the physical kick-off meeting representatives from the following partners presented their involvement in the project: EREVNITIKO PANEPISTIMIAKO INSTITOUTO SYSTIMATON EPIKOINONION KAI YPOLOGISTON (ICCS), UNIVERSITE DE LORRAINE (LERMAB), FUNDACION CIRCE CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION DE RECURSOS Y CONSUMOS ENERGETICOS (CIRCE), ETHNICON METSOVION POLYTECHNION (NTUA), POLITECNICO DI MILANO (POLIMI), TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT OY (VTT), TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT OY (VTT), ETHNIKO KENTRO EREVNAS KAI TECHNOLOGIKIS ANAPTYXIS (CERTH) , UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAIS VASCO/ EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA (UHE), TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT BERLIN (TUB), UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG (UJOH), ELLAKTOR ANONYMOS ETAIREIA (ELAK), KIVERDI NETHERLANDS BV (KIVERDI), PROCTER & GAMBLE SERVICES COMPANY NV (P&G), FOCCHI SPA (FOCCHI), DRAXIS ENVIRONMENTAL SA (DRAXIS), EBOS TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED (eBOS), Q-PLAN INTERNATIONAL ADVISORS PC (QPLAN), R2M SOLUTION SRL (R2M), IRIS TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, SOCIEDAD LIMITADA (IRIS), CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN POLICY STUDIES (CEPS), INTERNATIONAL SOLID WASTE ASSOCIATION (ISWA), REGION OF CENTRAL MACEDONIA (RCM), ASOCIACION ESPANOLA DE NORMALIZACION (UNE),ECOMAISON.
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