FAQ

Circular Plastics NL Circular Plastics NL (CPNL) is an initiative within the National Growth Fund. The goal is to make plastics fully circular and use grants to accelerate the transition. The program runs for eight years and has eight program lines. Each program line focuses on bottlenecks in different value chains to close the cycles for existing plastics. 

Discussions are being held with NWO and RVO to issue open calls based on the Circular Plastics program. For this we are looking for suitable instruments in consultation with NWO and RVO with an eye on time (being able to start quickly), efficiency and coherence of the program. CPNL publishes a monthly newsletter with recent program developments, you can subscribe here: http://eepurl.com/h_qebD

A CPNL program line is one of eight lines formulated by the end of 2022. The program lines are: Systems Integration & Design Characterization, sorting and washing Mechanical recycling of polyolefin packaging Recycling of styrene-based materials Chemical depolymerization Thermochemical recycling Incubator Brightlands Circular Space

Growth Fund funding awarded must be at least doubled in projects by industry and other stakeholders. How much co-financing is needed and whether it is in kind or cash will be determined in the calls that are issued. For this, each project must comply with state aid rules.

The CPNL program was officially launched in January 2023. The first calls for submitting elaborate proposals will be opened during 2023. After the projects are honored, the money will be made available to the projects. Starting earlier is at the implementer's own risk. CPNL publishes a monthly newsletter with recent program developments, subscribe here: http://eepurl.com/h_qebD