Solving a complex technical problem
Sector
Waste Management & Recycling
Tailored scientific consulting to turn your material challenges into circular economy opportunities.
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The context and
your challenges
Between rising health and technical standards, a growing diversity of waste streams, and the need for a circular economy, the industry faces numerous challenges to build a viable market for recycled materials.
Your needs
Industrial realities
Replacing a material
Improving an unstable process
Root cause analysis of defects
Finding new outlets for your materials
Our approach
The approach at Filab Genium
Filab Genium supports industrial companies in solving their complex challenges by combining field expertise, materials science, chemistry, analytical characterization, and testing. From identifying the need to deploying the solution, our approach helps you understand root causes, explore alternatives, test hypotheses, and secure your technical decisions.
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Understand
On-site assessment and analysis of needs, uses, constraints and workflows to identify the real challenges.
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Analyse
Material and process characterisation, root-cause investigation and translation of requirements into technical criteria.
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Explore
Identifying and proposing materials, technical alternatives and practical solutions using our scientific expertise, databases, commercial contacts and literature research.
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Experiment
Developing custom tests, comparing and optimising options, and analytically validating the most suitable solutions.
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Implement
Final validation, industrial scale-up and support with solution integration, process optimisation or laboratory improvement.
Know-how
Expertise brought together
Molecule substitution
Literature review
Custom R&D testing
Process optimisation
Product development
Laboratory performance audit
Laboratory design
Customer prospecting & matchmaking
Support in responding to specifications or tenders
our key strength
Validation through evidence
A preliminary analytical study helps provide a clear understanding of the material stream, while our knowledge of market products allows us to easily direct you toward the most suitable solutions.
Business value
Customer benefits
Finding new outlets for your materials
Meeting new requirements from PROs (Producer Responsibility Organizations)
Increasing recycling rates
Improving sorting processes to sell cleaner material streams
Facing a challenge with recycled or recyclable materials?
Our experts support you in identifying root causes and validating solutions.
Frequently asked questions
Find answers to the questions our industrial customers ask most often. Have a question about your project? Our experts will respond within 24 hours.
The integration of recycled materials requires meeting strict safety, technical consistency, and regulatory compliance standards. Calling on a scientific consulting firm like Filab Genium allows you to audit streams, analyze usage constraints, and translate industrial needs into precise technical criteria in order to secure circular economy decisions.
Scientific consulting & diagnosis: qualify your waste streams
Optimize the value of your material streams through tailored engineering. Integrating recycled materials into industrial sectors requires a precise understanding of their technical and regulatory viability. As a scientific consulting firm, FILAB Genium supports you in diagnosing and qualifying your waste streams. Through field immersion and an in-depth analysis of usages and constraints, our experts translate your operational challenges into precise technical criteria. This preliminary study allows you to secure your investments, meet the requirements of PROs (Producer Responsibility Organizations), and target the most profitable recovery sectors.
Failure analysis & troubleshooting of recycled materials
Identify the root causes of defects to guarantee product compliance. Mechanical fractures, corrosion, premature aging, or the presence of deposits and contaminants: using recycled plastic or metallic materials exposes you to complex technical risks. FILAB Genium deploys a scientific consulting methodology focused on investigation and root cause analysis. By combining materials science, chemical expertise, and targeted R&D testing, we overcome the technical bottlenecks holding back your processes to restore product performance and secure market entry.
Applied R&D & substitution studies: replace your raw materials
Validate the integration of recycled materials without compromising performance. Substituting a molecule or replacing a virgin raw material with a recycled stream requires a rigorous scientific approach. Filab Genium acts as an outsourced R&D partner to scope your substitution projects from A to Z. From literature research to custom experimentation, we evaluate technical alternatives, optimize your formulations, and validate the most relevant solutions. Our engineering approach helps you design sustainable materials and anticipate regulatory shifts in the circular economy.
Strategic support & deployment: scale up to industrial production
From scientific scoping to the industrialization of your recycling solutions. Finding new outlets for your materials does not stop at the laboratory stage. Filab Genium provides strategic and operational consulting to ensure the successful scaling-up of your recycling processes. We support you in responding to specifications and tenders, connecting with business partners, designing or auditing your internal laboratories, and optimizing your overall sorting streams. Comprehensive scientific guidance to turn recycling into a true growth driver.