Alberta Innovates calls for plastics circular economy projects 

September 29, 2022

Alberta Innovates is aiming to help create a circular economy for plastics in Alberta and has an open call for proposals under its Bioenergy and Circular Economy portfolio. 

Areas of interest include but are not limited to: 

• Products reuse, refurbishment, and remanufacturing: any technologies contributing to longer life for plastics products and keeping them in the economy. 
• Sustainable plastics materials: using alternative materials to produce plastics with lower environmental footprint such as bio-based plastics and composites. 
• Recycling technologies: open-loop and closed-loop recycling technologies such as mechanical and chemical recycling, and their integration into petrochemical and chemical industries. 
• Design for circularity: improving design throughout the plastics life cycle to improve recyclability.  
• Enabling technologies: non-conversion technologies contributing to lifecycle benefits:  
  • Digitalization: digital technologies for improved tracking, automation, robotics.
  • Waste management practices: enhanced sorting, feedstock pre-processing.
• Knowledge generation: feasibility studies, feedstocks assessment.

Any products fully or partially containing plastics resins are eligible for this funding. Learn more.