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The aim of the survey is to better understand European consumers’ attitudes towards the Circular Economy and post-consumer recycled plastics in the electrical/electronic industry. The survey will serve as a basis for PolyCE project’s consumer campaigns aiming to encourage circular consumption behaviors and to raise awareness of the economic and environmental benefits of recycled plastics in electronics. Responses are to be anonymised and to be used only for the research-purposes of the project. Results will be made public as part of a research study paper on the same topic.

PolyCE at the Going Green CARE Innovation Conference

In November 2018 nine partners of the PolyCE consortium participated at the Going Green CARE Innovation conference in Vienna, Austria. With a wide range of international experts from the industry (> 70%), academia, NGOs and policy makers, the conference gave valuable insights in how the different stakeholders approach the global challenges of circular economy, sustainability and climate change.

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PolyCE at Ecomondo 2018

Ecomondo, an international event that brings together all sectors of the circular economy, took place on November 6-9, 2018 in Rimini, Italy. Alessia Accili from ECODOM (one of PolyCE’s project partners) represented the project at the event, showcasing currently-developed project solutions that promote and facilitate EU’s transition towards circular WEEE plastic.

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First PolyCE workshop on plastics recycling

The first PolyCE workshop took place on June 26th in Essen, Germany. The event was part of the project’s action plan for establishing a strategic convergence and collaboration of all actors operating across the plastics value chain. The event was organized by the Italian WEEE compliance scheme ECODOM, with the support of the United Nations University and with contribution from all the other project partners.

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Three good reasons why your next tech gadget should contain recycled plastics

Many of us experience the benefits of innovation, technology, and digitalization in our daily lives. More and more people are joining the global information society and digital economy, and are benefiting from the opportunities they offer. Recycled plastics are so well integrated into the product design that it is impossible to tell the difference in terms of quality, performance, price, or color between a product containing brand-new plastics and the same product containing recycled plastics.

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PolyCE at the “Innovation and Circular Economy” symposium in Paris

In June 2018, Perrine Chancerel (TUB) and Anton Berwald (IZM), part of the PolyCE team, participated at the “Innovation and Circular Economy” symposium in Paris. Besides learning about the latest developments of the French plastics recycling market for WEEE plastics, the symposium provided an excellent opportunity for the PolyCE team to inform about the advancement of the project and to increase the expert network for future collaborations.

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PolyCE General Assembly

PolyCE’s second general assembly took place between the 23rd and 24th of October in Bilbao, Spain. The workshop was hosted by PolyCE’s project partner Tecnalia and brought together all 20 consortium members. Progress since the launch of the project in June 2017 was assessed and reported, and a strategy for achieving future objectives was set. Industry partners (Philips, Pezy) were able to already internally showcase prototypes of product demonstrators containing post-consumer recycled plastics of excellent quality and featuring new attractive colors. The meeting was concluded with a tour of Tecnalia’s sustainable construction venture – KUBIK, an innovative zero energy R&D building showcasing new energy efficiency techniques in construction.