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29-04-2020 - 30-04-2020, Kap Europa, Osloer Straße 5, 60327 Frankfurt am Main
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... Read more
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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... Read more
29-04-2020 - 30-04-2020, Kap Europa, Osloer Straße 5, 60327 Frankfurt am Main
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... Read more
View more22 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
| Organisation | Address | Website | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wuppertal Institute for Climate Environment Energy gGmbH |
19 Doeppersberg Wuppertal 42103 Germany |
holger.berg@wupperinst.org | www.wupperinst.org |
| Name | Contact Name | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 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
Joa Bauer from Umwelttechnik BW presented the Di-Plast Project at the "Netzwerktage" of SKZ on 8th May in Würzburg, Germany. More than 300 participants from the Plastics Industry met in Würzburg and discussed recent developments in the market. Some new contacts where made for the project. Read More
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.
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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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PhD candidate of Tilburg University/ JADS is presenting his paper on Industrial Event Log Mining with help of Graph during a Workshop on Methods for Interpretation of Industrial Event Logs at the Di-Plast at the 17th Int. Conference on Business Process Management (BPM 2019) in Vienna.
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The After Work Event, hosted by Umwelttechnik BW, will present the topics of the Di-Plast Project. Following the value chain of recycled plastics material (rPM) different presentations will show the opportunities of plastics recycling and how digitalised processes will improve the uptake of rPM.
The language of the presentations will be German.
Another opportunity to meet the people behind the project and to gain insights into the approach of Di-Plast.
Participation is free.
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Congress in German Language
Target Group are compounders and Producers of plastic parts. Dr. Holger Berg from Wuppertal Institute will introduce the Di-Plast project in his presentation "Erhöhung des Recyclateinsatzes in der Plastikwertschöpfungskette durch digitale Technologien" at 22.05.2019 (Increasing the use of rPM in the plastics value chain by digital tools).
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Congress for innovation in food in German language.
Jana will present Di-Plast at the 15:00 Panel on "Spotlight Recyclat - Current Trends, Challenges and Solutions" (in German)
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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.
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.
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.
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.
Dr. Hermann Achenbach
SKZ-KFE gGmbH
Friedrich-Bergius-Ring 22 - 97076 Würzburg - Germany
Phone: +49 931 4104-266
Email: h.achenbach@skz.de
Peter Plapper
Université du Luxembourg
Campus Kirchberg 6, rue Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi - L-1359 Luxembourg
Phone: +352 466 644 5804
Email: peter.plapper@uni.lu
Femke de Loos
Polymer Science Park
Ceintuurbaan 15 - 8022 AW Zwolle - Netherlands
Phone: +31 38 8534810
Email: f.deloos@polymersciencepark.nl
Martijn Kerssen
East Netherlands Development Agency (Oost NL)
Laan van Malkenschoten 40 - 7301 BG Apeldoorn - Netherlands
Phone: +31 6 10 80 69 76
Email: Martijn.Kerssen@oostnl.nl
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.
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