LIFE re-WINTER – Recycling ski gear for a sustainable winter sports industry.
LIFE re-WINTER is an EU-funded project introducing an industrial-scale circular model for ski equipment. Coordinated by Dalbello, with partners Marker, Völkl, Plasticsort, Innovando, DIWORKS, and RE SPORT, the project will collect 10,000 end-of-life skis, boots, and bindings from rental networks and transform them into new high-performance gear. The approach combines advanced recycling technologies to recover and reuse materials from complex multi-material products, preventing landfill and incineration. Recovered resources will be reintegrated into production to manufacture 1,000 new pairs of skis, boots, and bindings, proving that circularity can meet performance standards.
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EU Project Details • Reference: LIFE24-ENV-IT-LIFE-re-WINTER/101215600 • Acronym: LIFE24-ENV-IT-LIFE re-WINTER • Total Eligible Budget: €4,310,409 • EU Contribution: €2,586,246 • Official Site: View Project
The RELIABLE project stems from the recognition of the workplace safety and protection, fashion, and sports sectors as defining features of the Veneto Region in terms of quality, excellence, and competitive advantage. For this reason, the project partners have structured a renewal process based on three key pillars: enabling power, comfort, and safety. The primary goal is to strengthen the participating companies and ensure their continued growth through innovative development not only of products and processes, but also of corporate organization and entrepreneurial strategies. The project involves 17 companies belonging to the RIR Face Design and the Asolo and Montebelluna Sportsystem District, along with the Universities of Padua and Verona, which participate respectively through the Interdepartmental Center for the Mechanics of Biological Materials (UniPD – CMBM), the Department of Industrial Systems Technology and Management (UniPD – DTG), the Department of Industrial Engineering (UniPD – DII), and the Research Center for Sport, Mountains, and Health (UniVR – CERISM).