What we are doing
In the European Union, around 25.8 million tonnes of plastic waste is produced each year. Not even a third of this is recycled. What’s more, 63% of the plastic waste produced is packaging waste – with low recovery rates, low quality and low value applications. With the right innovations, this challenge can become an opportunity for towns and cities across Europe, small and medium-sized businesses, and the economy as a whole. PlastiCircle innovations in collection, transport, sorting and recycling mean that packaging waste can be converted into added-value products for the market. The objective? ‘Closing the loop’ of plastic use in a circular economy.
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What we are achieving
20 pan-European partners, led by the Packaging and Logistics Research and Innovation Center (ITENE), are working to reinvent the plastic packaging treatment process, making recycling more accessible, cost-effective and profitable for both citizens and professionals in the field.
The project, funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme, will rethink the different phases involved in transforming waste into valuable products: from the development of smart containers for separate waste collection to the improvement of transport routes and sorting technologies. The overall aim is to achieve recovery within the same value chain.
ICLEI Europe is Communication and dissemination WP leader.
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