Enabling recycling of plastics from electronic waste
We are a European Commission funded project that has taken on the challenge to transform the lifecycle of e-plastic materials into a more sustainable one.
[read more]PolyCE consists of a consortium of 20 expert organisations that are working together to significantly reduce the use of virgin plastics and enhance the use of recycled plastics in new electronics applications.
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10.10.2019
Reducing, Reusing Europe’s 2.5 Million Tonnes of Plastic Components in Electronic Waste Each Year
European Commission-funded project with UN support urges consumers to favour products containing plastics recycled from electronic waste; Philips and Whirlpool among first firms offering support by designing products to use more recycled plastic, ease plastic reuse at product end-of-life; Most consumers see no difference in quality, appearance, performance
24.09.2019
PolyCE’s Workshop on Circular Design: Making a business case for recycled plastics
The Philips global Headquarter in Amsterdam was the scene of a technical Workshop called “Circular design of electrical and electronic equipment: The post-consumer recycled plastics challenge.”
Project Coordinator:
Gergana Dimitrova
Fraunhofer Institute for for Reliability and Microintegration IZM
Gustav-Meyer-Allee 25
13355 Berlin, Germany
