UTILE (https://www.utile-edf.eu/) is a project we are particularly proud of as a leading company in this field. In this project, we recycle helmets and bulletproof vests at the end of their useful life through the circular economy. At the end of their useful life, so that the new ones contain a percentage of fibres from the waste of the old ones.
Improving the sustainability and environmental consciousness of the EU military, in line with the Circular Economy principles, requires the adoption of novel circular approaches regarding the production and use of Soldier Personal Protection Equipment (SPE) that follow the reduce, recover, reuse, repurpose and recycle (5R) approach.
However, due to the burden of complicated logistics for collection and dismantling and the technical difficulties of separating and recycling multi-material parts, these SPEs have a defined lifetime and must be disposed of afterward, with a substantial environmental and economic impact.
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