ECO Sustainable Rail
No project:POCI-01-0247-FEDER-017972
Partners:01-07-2016 - 30-06-2019
Program funding:Portugal 2020
The budget of the project:909.451,41 €
Funding incentive:539.209,28 € FEDER
Description of the project:Currently, there is in Portugal a need to find solutions for railway sleepers that are a viable alternative to the substitution of wooden railway sleepers, which normally have a special application and can not be replaced directly by cement solutions on the market. In this context, the ECO SUSTAINABLE RAIL project aims to respond to the needs highlighted by the valorization of mixed plastics in the development of eco-sustainable railroads, mostly made up of mixed plastics that will be tested in a real operating scenario in the Infrastructures of Portugal.
Objectives:This project aims at the development of eco-friendly railways through the valorization of mixed plastics, thus contributing to the reduction of the deposition of mixed plastics in landfills, responding to a need of the railway sector.