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Transforming the Plastic Recycling Value Chain
Plastic waste is a global environmental challenge, with an estimated 11 million metric tons of plastic entering the ocean each year. To address this issue, the European Union has set an ambitious goal to ensure that by 2025, 10 million tonnes of recycled plastics are...
Work package 5: Circular Society
Flora Poppelaars and Jos Vlugter are industrial design engineers specialized in consumer behaviour in the transition to a circular economy. They work as consultants in the Circular Economy team of Partners for Innovation, a Dutch consultancy for sustainable and...
EU Policy Impact on EEE Sector’s Circular Plastics Uptake
As part of their INCREACE research focusing on the impact of changes in EEE (Electrical and Electronic Equipment) rules and regulations on recycling, the research team consisting of David Pfeffer, Denise Reike and Catharina Bening from ETH Zurich (SusTec) will be...
First anniversary increace project
On 1st of June, the INCREACE project celebrated its first anniversary. The past 12 months of continuous efforts have proven successful: The INCREACE consortium joined forces to tackle a common objective, namely to increase recycled content in added value products for...
Meet the partner: Janez Slapnik from Skaza
Janez Slapnik is an Expert researcher at Skaza in the Research and Innovation department. With a strong sense of responsibility, he decided to devote his professional career to conducting high-quality applied research and development as well as the industrial...
Meet the partner: Giulia Sora from Erion
Erion is the largest Italian Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) scheme for the management of WEEE, waste batteries, packaging waste and tobacco products filters and the valorisation of the raw materials within it. Can you shortly introduce your role in the...
The heart of the INCREACE project: 5 business cases
The INCREACE project is an exciting and ambitious initiative that aims to develop innovative solutions to improve the plastic recycling value chain. At the heart of the project are five challenging business cases that focus on increasing the share of recycled plastics...
Meet the partner: Thijs Feenstra from Pezy Group
Thijs Feenstra covers 14 years of experience in Concept Development, Engineering and Circulating. He works as a Circular Product Design Lead at the Pezy Group. Can you shortly introduce your role in the INCREACE project? I have experience in building bridges between...
The activities within the INCREACE project
Plastic waste is one of the biggest environmental challenges the world is facing today. According to the European Commission, only 8.4 million tonnes of plastics were recycled in 2016/less than 4 million tonnes of recycled plastics were applied in new products with...
Meet the partner: Laura Strobl from Fraunhofer IVV
Laura Strobl is a scientist and project manager and has been working at Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging - Fraunhofer IVV for more than three and half years. Can you shortly introduce your role in the INCREACE project? I conduct research in the...
Meet the partner: Mark-Olof Dirksen from Philips
Mark-Olof Dirksen is a technical project leader and senior engineer at Philips. At Philips, they strive to improve people's health and well-being through meaningful innovation. Can you shortly introduce your role in the INCREACE project? My focus is function...
Meet the partner: Gergana Dimitrova from Fraunhofer izm
Gergana Dimitrova is a researcher and project manager at Fraunhofer IZM. Fraunhofer IZM is the overall project coordinator of INCREACE. Can you shortly introduce your role in the INCREACE project? My name is Gergana and I have been working as a researcher and project...
Meet the partner: Jens Giegerich from Vorwerk
Jens Giegerich is coordinating the project on behalf of Vorwerk. As a trusted family business, they are committed to act in a socially and environmentally responsible way. Can you shortly introduce your role in the INCREACE project? Since I work in the area Technical...
Meet the partner: Catharina Bening and David Pfeffer from ETH Zürich
Catharina Bening leads the research on Circular Economy in the Group for Sustainability & Technology at ETH Zürich. David Pfeffer is a doctoral student at the university and his research is investigating how regulation, economics, and economic policies can foster...
Meet the partner: Layla Filiciotto from EGEN
Layla Filiciotto is a consultant at EGEN. EGEN is a company that supports different organisations in accelerating their green innovation through grant consultancy, impact assessments and other innovation services. Can you shortly introduce your role in the INCREACE...
Meet the partner: Mapi Diego from Cabka
Mapi Diego, Extrusion Materials Manager in the Innovation area of Cabka has more than 15 years of experience in the plastic sector. Cabka is a German multinational company in the business of recycling plastics from post-consumer and post-industrial waste into...
Meet the partner: Oscar Vernaez from Neste
Oscar Vernaez is the Research and Development Manager for Chemicals and Materials in Neste’s Innovation. Can you shortly introduce your role in the INCREACE project? Neste is engaged in combating climate change and promoting the circular economy. We help the...
How to label plastic waste: An introduction to blockchain
GreenToken by SAP's role within INCREACE is to provide a cloud software system that conclusively proves that new plastic material is circular and not from virgin raw sources. GreenToken by SAP developed a virtual token that can track where plastic waste comes from on...
Meet the partner: James Veale from GreenToken by SAP
James Veale is cofounder of GreenToken by SAP. He has had a 30-year career in commodities or raw materials, especially around the trading of raw materials. In 2020, he cofounded GreenToken with funds from SAP – the big German IT/ERP company. Can you shortly introduce...
INCREACE at NONTOX final event
About NONTOX Project final event On 10 November 2022, NONTOX held a final dissemination event. During this public dissemination event, NONTOX partners showcased the work performed along the entire duration of the project, highlighting achieved results and innovations....
INCREACE project has started!
Background Increasing the share of recycled plastics in new products is a central aspect of the European Strategy for Plastics, adopted by the European Commission in 2018 as a part of the first Circular Economy Action Plan (2015). One of the main goals of the Strategy...