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_ Di-Plast Workshop - 30. of March 2021 (online) REGISTER NOW!
_ Digitalization: Successful business models for the plastic industry - May 5th 11:00 (online)
Posted on 25-03-2021
There is still a huge gap between the goals of the European Union for plastic recycling in 2030 and the status quo today. One key chance for closing this gap is the application of ... Read more
Posted on 28-10-2020
The University of Luxembourg, one of our project partner, just published an introducing article on VSM at the 9th International Conference on Mass Customization an Personalization ... Read more
22 Friedrich-Bergius-Ring
Würzburg
97076
Germany
15 Ceintuurbaan
Zwolle
8022 AW
Netherlands
6 Rue Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi
Luxembourg
1359
Luxembourg
40 Laan van Malkenschoten
Apeldoorn
7333NP
Netherlands
45 Friedrichstr.
Stuttgart
70174
Germany
2 Warandelaan
Tilburg
5037 AB
Netherlands
19 Doeppersberg
Wuppertal
42103
Germany
Lead partner
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| Wuppertal Institute for Climate Environment Energy gGmbH |
19 Doeppersberg Wuppertal 42103 Germany |
holger.berg@wupperinst.org | www.wupperinst.org |
| Name | Contact Name | Country | |
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| SKZ-KFE gGmbH | Hermann Achenbach | h.achenbach@skz.de | Germany |
| Stichting Polymer Science Park | Mireille Kinket | M.kinket@polymersciencepark.nl | Netherlands |
| University of Luxembourg | Peter Plapper | peter.plapper@uni.lu | Luxembourg |
| East Netherlands Development Agency | Jan Jonker | jan.jonker@oostnl.nl | Netherlands |
| Umwelttechnik BW GmbH State Agency for environmental Technology and Resource Efficiency | Jonas Umgelter | jonas.umgelter@umwelttechnik-bw.de | Germany |
| Tilburg University (JADS) | Martin Atzmuller | m.atzmuller@uvt.nl | Netherlands |
The Webinar was hosted on the 12th of December 2019 from 15:00 - 17:00 pm (CET) by our Dutch project partners Jurgen van den Hoogen & Stefan Bloemheuvel, who are affiliated with the Jheronimus Academy of Data Science. Please click here to watch the video. The video contains the following agenda:
00:00 - 08:15 General Information on the Project
08:15 - 37:51 Information on the tools
37:51 - 54:05 Question and Answers
Companies, which would like to increase the amount of recycled materials in their processes and improve the quality in process and product by using digital tools were invited to apply until the 15th December 2019 to participate in the Di-Plast pilot. Within the pilots, companies can directly influence the development of the tools and ensure that the functions of the tools are tailored to their needs.
With our survey we got first insights into the challenges when using recyclate.
The next step are expert interviews in order to get a deeper understanding of the challenges when using recyclate. If you have specific challenges in your value chain while using recyclate, you might be an interesting partner for such an interview. Don't hesitate to contact one of the partners on the landing page that fits best for your convenience. Tell us which tools would help you to improve the uptake of recyclate.
Di-Plast needs participation of related partners from the plastics value chain. Stakeholders from along the value chain are important for the results (and success) of the project. In each phase of the Project inputs from stakeholders influence the progress of Di-Plast and also results from the project can be used by stakeholders in order to improve their use of recycled plastics material.
The next opportunity to be part of it will be our survey regarding the requirements of enterprises that handle plastics material.
The Survey will start in March 2019, so stay in contact or better: if you are interested send an E-Mail to one of the Partners on the startpage.
And there will come many more opportunities to participate for Partner from the NorthWestEurope Area. Feel free to ask.
There is still a huge gap between the goals of the European Union for plastic recycling in 2030 and the status quo today. One key chance for closing this gap is the application of digital technologies like data science to improve processes and information flows throughout the entire recyclate supply chain. Read More
The University of Luxembourg, one of our project partner, just published an introducing article on VSM at the 9th International Conference on Mass Customization an Personalization – Community of Europe in Novi Sad, Serbia. Read More
Di-Plast is, among others, named in the article “Nieuwe standaarden smeerolie voor circulaire motor” (New standards lubricating oil for a circular engine) as one of the interesting projects to improve the uptake of recyclates in the Netherlands and the EU. Read More
Article about Di-Plast Pilots and Voucher scheme published in Oost-Gelderland-Business Magazin Nr 5 2019 Read More
The Di-Plast Webinar held on the 12th of December 2019 is now online Read More
The open call for participating in the Di-Plast pilots has started. Apply until the 15th of December Read More
The Di-Plast consortium nominated six uptake manager to actively support companies on implementing the developed toolkits to increase rPM. Read More
We offer two co-creation workshops in the coming month to refine the tools of the toolkit and the pilot strategy in order to insure that the toolkit meets the industry’s needs and to involve potential industry partners for the pilots and the uptake acceleration programme. Read More
Our survey on the use of plastic recyclate was aimed at companies from the entire value chain. With your participation you contributed to the knowledge base for the development of our toolbox. The Toolbox will be designed to provide digital solutions that improve the use of recyclate. The more precisely you answer the questions, the better we can design the solutions. Join in and benefit from the results later. The survey is anonymous. If you are interested in using the resulting tools, you can contact us directly via the addresses on the start page. The survey is available in English and German. Thank you very much again for helping us developing useful tools! The next step are expert interviews in order to get a deeper understanding of the challenges when using recyclate. If you have specific challenges in your value chain while using recyclate, you might be an interesting partner for such an interview. Don't hesitate to contact one of the partners on the landing page that fits best for your convenience. Tell us which tools would help you to improve the uptake of recyclate. Read More
With our survey we got first insights into the challenges when using recyclate. The next step are expert interviews in order to get a deeper understanding of the challenges when using recyclate. If you have specific challenges in your value chain while using recyclate, you might be an interesting partner for such an interview. Don't hesitate to contact one of the partners at the bottom of the landing page (overview). Tell us which tools would help you to improve the uptake of recyclate. Read More
InnoZent OWL e.V., invited our Di-Plast experts in the context of CirQuality OWL to present our knowledge regarding digital tools for the plastics industry in a workshop.
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Dr. Hermann Achenbach of SKZ-KFE gGmbH is presenting Di-Plast and our digital solutions to increase of plastic recyclates uptake at the "Digitalization: Successful business models for the plastics industry" on Mai 4th 2021 at 11:10 (online).
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In this interactive session the project partners will guide you to the use of digital tools for the uptake of recycled plastics in your processes.
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Christoph Kugler of SKZ-KFE gGmbH is presenting Di-Plast and our digital solutions to increase of plastic recyclates uptake at the "Plastics Quality Summit" on the 17. of March 2021 at 10:10 (online).
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The project team will conduct a workshop on ressourc efficiency within the value chain, presenting the aim and approach of Di-Plast at the PIUS (Production-Integrated Environmental Protection) conference in Frankfurt. This time, due to the pandemic, the event will be held online.
Holger Berg of Wuppertal Institut will speak on the 4th of March 2021 within the workshop "Use of plastic recyclates".
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If you are working in the plastics industry and want to know more about our digital toolkit, please join our Webinar on the 12th of December. The Webinar starts at 15:00 PM (CET) with the duration of about one hour.
The Webinar provides an exstensive overview of the Di-Plast project and the designed tools are provided and gives you the opportunities to ask questions to our experts.
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SKZ presents Di-Plast project and our open call at this year's Forum Rezyklat on the 12th of December 2019 in Karlsruhe.
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Ressourceneffizienz- und Kreislaufwirtschaftskongress - Congress in German language (mainly) -
Largest congress of this kind in Europe. Two days full of information and discussion about resource efficiency and circular economy. Di-Plast will be introduced in a forum at the 23th of October. This specific presentation will be held in English.
More Information will follow - for regularly updated information go to the link below.
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The co-creation workshop provides companies of the rPM supply chain the opportunity to actively participate in the implementation of the project. During this workshop, the toolkits and pilots will be presented and the companies involvment in the pilots discussed.
This workshop will be held in German.
Further information in German can be obtained by clicking on "Read More"
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The co-creation workshop provides companies of the rPM supply chain the opportunity to actively participate in the implementation of the project. During this workshop, the toolkits and pilots will be presented and the companies involvment in the pilots discussed.
This workshop will be held in English.
Further information in English can be obtained by clicking on "Read More"
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Di-Plast develops and implements digital tools to increase information transparency in the value chain and to support converters in purchasing and processing rPM. These tools will be implemented, demonstrated and tested in four pilots supporting companies from the plastics value chain. These companies are directly involved in conducting the pilots forming a co-creation process to make the tools fit for their applications.
Share your interest in the Di-Plast solution and support with us and we contact you according to your preferences!
One of the hindrances of using recyclate, according to the results of the Di-Plast survey and expert interviews, is the challenge in finding suitable recyclate grades for specific products. The correlation between product/process requirements is difficult to make, and in most cases field studies need to be carried out in order to validate the material selection. If converters would have a database where this aforementioned correlation is illustrated, it would be less complicated to find suitable recyclate grades. Furthermore, recompounders and material traders could use this tool in order to sell their material more efficiently.
Responsible expert: Femke de Loos, Polyer Science Park (send an e-mail) - The Netherlands
For stabilizing the process, deep data-based understanding of the process is necessary. By collecting and analysing the data, your company gets an understanding about the process interdependencies, making it possible to find process parameters that enable a stable process with high recyclate ratio and reduced scrap. Furthermore, a detailed data-based description yields a measure for proved quality of process and product, besides a detailed material fingerprint that allows selling the material for a certain purpose.
Responsible expert: Christoph Kugler, SKZ-KFE gGmbH (send an e-mail)- Germany
VSM will be used to visualize and improve the value streams within the pilot companies. By reducing the idle time, the process time and the lead time through optimized value streams, it is possible to forward the plastic material from one actor to the next one in a quicker way.
Responsible expert: Jeff Manger, University of Luxembourg (send an e-mail)- Luxembourg
Based on waste data from companies that are involved in the Di-Plast project, prediction of future waste amounts will be made to enable a constant supply to recyclers. Several predictive models will be deployed and assessed on their prediction accuracy. The model with the highest prediction accuracy is best suited to indicate future waste quantities.
Responsible expert: Jurgen van den Hoogen and Stefan Bloemheuvel, Jheronimus Academy for Data Science - The Netherlands
Di-Plast develops and applies digital tools to enable high value plastics recycling, i.e. bring recycled plastics to its highest application possible. The toolkit
provides information, tips, tools and methods relating to
for closed-loop supply chains.
Share your interest in the Di-Plast solution and support with us and we contact you according to your preferences!
The voucher scheme is created to give companies extra support to realise project ideas that contribute to introducing, increasing and improving of recycled plastics in the packaging and building sector. There are three types of vouchers, each supporting unique aspects of your project ideas. These vouchers will help you work with our digital TOOLKIT, contribute to matchmaking with partners, give you access to expertise to improve your recyclate uptake or create the foundation for concrete chain cooperation.
If you want to introduce or increase the amount of recycled plastics in your processes and/or improve the material quality, you can apply for a voucher as part of of the Di-Plast support program.
Please find the application form at the end of this page.
Supports you with finding the right match for cooperation to introduce or increase recycled plastics in your production process. The following activities can be supported:
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• Partner matching |
• Testing costs
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Utilise external and specialist expertise to relise your project ideas for the (increased) use of plastics.
The following activities can be supported:
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• Technical engineering |
• Innovation consultancy |
Finance specific purchases to concretise projects to increase the usage of recycled plastics in your production process.
The following activities can be supported:
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•External costs for (product/quality) testing |
•Process consulting services |
Here you can find answers to your most urgent questions. For detailed information on the voucher scheme please download the Voucher Guideline at the bottom of the page. You can also contact one of the voucher-scheme-coordinators or one of the uptake managers for more information regarding your application!
The vouchers are only available for Compounders, Converters, Recyclers, Re-compounders, Companies creating commercial polymer waste, rPM-Uptake companies and traders active in the packing or construction sector. Please check with one of our uptake managers if your company is eligible.
With Di-Plast we want to increase the quality and quantity of the usage of recyclate and help preparing companies to be ready for the future. Thus, proposals that focus on the introduction of or increase of the usage of recyclate in your company’s production process are welcomed. We/ Moreover, we want to stimulate interregional cooperation. Furthermore, the vouchers are part of the Di-Plast program and we offer digital tools to improve the usage of recyclate. Vouchers aim to help you to work with the tools as well. Soon, the application form will be published on this page. Here you can see what we asked and you can prepare your application to contact one of our uptake managers.
In short, the first open call for applications will open on 30-4-2021. You can send your proposal through the application form on the website (link will open soon). We would urge you to look at the template version first in order to prepare your proposal.
Please see below each voucher which activities are eligible for the vouchers. If you are not sure whether certain activities count or not, please do not hesitate to contact us:
Heicke Gaedeke : h.gaedecke@skz.de +49 9314104
Saskia Manders : Saskia.manders@oostnl.nl +31 628358911
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