EcoReFibre project update: DIEFENBACHER and Tomra showcase technology for circular fibreboards 

In April 2024, two years since 20 organisations from seven countries launched the initiative, the consortium met at DIEFFENBACHER in Eppingen and TOMRA in Mülheim-Kärlich to demonstrate the application of research findings and discuss the interim results of the project. 

The main focus of the project is to recycle fiberboards at the end of their life cycle and use them to produce new fiberboards by applying principles of circularity. This visit was an important step forward in fiberboard-to-fiberboard recycling, material sorting, application in manufacturing at an industrial scale, and the successful implementation of the remainder of the EcoReFibre project. 

Associated press releases:

• EcoReFibre fibreboard recycling project takes decisive step forward

• EcoReFibre: On-site meeting at the modernized DIEFFENBACHER Technical Center

• Dieffenbacher une sus fuerzas en el proyecto de investigación EcoReFibre

• Dieffenbacher and Tomra showcase technology for “fibreboard-to-fibreboard” recycling

• Dieffenbacher se une a los esfuerzos de investigación de EcoReFibre

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About EcoReFibre

EcoReFibre aim is to establish a Circular Economy approach to recycle waste wood back into fibreboards and into novel building products. The ambition is to substitute up to 25% of the virgin fibres currently used in the European fibreboard market. Five highly promising pilots with leading panel manufacturers are launched to demonstrate how Circular Economy approaches linked with innovative, digital-supported technologies will enable security of raw material supplies. Their goal is to sort and extract wood fines and fibres and convert them into valuable products.

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