The Recycled - PVB project aimed to develop a pilot plant for the purification of PVB from laminated glass. The overall objective was to help find a practical and sustainable use for waste glass from vehicles. The project planned to further knowledge about the specific equipment and technical characteristics required for the washing, grinding and processing PVB. It also aimed to examine the requirements of PVB within the automotive and building sectors, among others. Based on laboratory work, the project would define and develop a coherent process at semi-industrial scale to obtain PVB from recycled laminated glass. The plant was expected to be operated at a production scale of 20 kg of recycled PVB per hour. The project hoped to show the technical and economic feasibility of both PVB recycling and its subsequent use in manufacturing laminated glass. The target was to achieve costs of only €4 or €5 per kg of recycled PVB, compared to the current industrial costs of between €9 and €13 per kg. The costs of ELV storage and disposal would also be reduced. The environmental benefits would include a reduction in the amount of material sent to landfill, reduced GHG emissions from incineration of waste PVB, and reduced demand for virgin PVB with its associated lifecycle environmental impact. In this way, the project would contribute to the European Directive 2000/53/EC, which targets 95% recovery of ELVs by 2015.