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🌍 The Olympic Summer Games in Paris: Highlighting the Vital Role of Plastics 🌟 This week, one of the biggest sporting events in the world, the Olympic Summer Games, will start in Paris and athletes from around the globe will compete in more than 30 disciplines. Many of those sports wouldn't be imaginable without high-performing plastics, since they are essential in shoes, clothing, kayaks, swim goggles, spears, and much more. On the one hand, this highlights the wide range of applications for plastics in our lives and their benefits. On the other hand, it emphasizes the importance of establishing a circular economy for plastics… it is crucial to treat plastics as the valuable resources they are and to only waste them as a last resort.  We are not there yet, which is why it’s essential to handle plastics consciously. At Fraunhofer CCPE, we are working on sustainable and circular solutions to fully realize the benefits of modern plastics while reducing environmental impact. …and apart from that, we are looking forward to great Olympic Summer Games! 🏅   #FraunhoferCCPE #OlympicGames #Paris2024 #CircularPlastics #CircularEconomy #Sustainability #Innovation

After five years of intensive research, the Circular Flooring consortium has proven that phthalate-free PVC recyclates can be produced from old flexible flooring! Thanks to the solvent-based recycling process and the CreaSolv® formulations developed by Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging IVV , a Fraunhofer CCPE Institute, and CreaCycle GmbH, critical plasticizers can be efficiently removed. The recovered PVC complies with EU legislation (REACH) and is ready for the production of new PVC floors. 🌍♻️ The EU-funded Circular Flooring project started in June 2019 and will receive around 5.4 million euros from Horizon 2020 until August 2024. The goal is to gently recycle old PVC floors and recover new, compliant PVC. Eleven companies and research institutions from Germany, Belgium, France, Greece, and Austria are involved. The project is coordinated by Fraunhofer IVV in Freising. #CircularEconomy #Recycling #Sustainability #Innovation #PVC Project Partners: Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging IVV , Germany Akdeniz Chemson Additives AG, Austria AgPR Arbeitsgemeinschaft PVC-Bodenbelag Recycling GbR, Germany Bayerische Forschungsallianz (BayFOR) GmbH, Germany EUROPEAN RESILIENT FLOORING MANUFACTURERS' INSTITUTE, Belgium INSTITUT NATIONAL DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT INDUSTRIEL ET DES RISQUES, France Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven), Belgium Lober Entsorgung und Logistik mit System Abfallentsorgungs-KG, Germany National Technical University of Athens, Greece Sphera Solutions GmbH, Germany Westlake Vinnolit GmbH & Co. KG, Germany https://lnkd.in/dz2uu5FF

The Circular Valley Convention is a new platform for the industrial circular economy. The new trade fair format covers the entire spectrum of the circular economy in all its dimensions and brings together decision-makers from companies, start-ups, research, politics and society in one place. The Circular Valley Convention presents the entire spectrum of circular solutions, strategies and business models for all phases of the circular economy across all materials and sectors. As an international convention, the Circular Valley Convention comprises conferences, an expo and events. It offers space for knowledge exchange and networking, promotes synergies and innovation. It teaches skills that make companies fit for the transformation to a circular economy. This makes it an important driver for the transformation to the circular economy of the future. The event is organised by Messe Düsseldorf GmbH in cooperation with the non-profit Circular Valley Foundation and with scientific support from Fraunhofer UMSICHT, a Fraunhofer CCPE Institute. Further information and registration can be found on the following website. 👉 Get more information: https://lnkd.in/dVw9jniu #circulareconomy #convention #businessmodels #networking #innovation

🎉 Many congratulations to our CCPE colleague Dr. Antje Lieske and her team at the Fraunhofer-Institut für Angewandte Polymerforschung IAP on being awarded with the Joseph von Fraunhofer Prize 2024! Her team has succeeded in developing a flexible and recyclable film material based on the bioplastic polylactide (PLA) and enabling its commercialisation. https://lnkd.in/e5XP72-j #bioplastic #pla #innovation

The Fraunhofer CCPE Institute, Fraunhofer UMSICHT is participating in the DKMVK K3/C3 - 16th Conference of the Division of Conversion of Carbon Carriers with the title "Plastics circularity through chemical recycling". Prof. Dr. Matthias Franke (Head of the Sulzbach-Rosenberg branch and member of the CCPE Board of Management) and Dr. Alexander Hofmann (Head of the Advanced Carbon Conversion Technologies department and CCPE-RD Head of Advanced Recycling) will be giving keynote speeches and a presentation on the post-treatment of pyrolysis oil at the conference. 👉 Further information: https://lnkd.in/dg2BpNKC The conference is jointly organised by the DGMK e.V. department "Konversion von Kohlenstoffträgern", the ÖGEW, Österreichische Gesellschaft für Energiewissenschaften and PlasticsEurope Deutschland e. V..

Biopolymers in long-term applications: The market for biopolymers such as polylactic acid (#PLA) is growing rapidly, meaning that in addition to packaging and agricultural films, more and more sophisticated applications made from #biopolymers will become accessible in the future. However, this poses completely new challenges for these modern #plastics: they must last just as long and remain just as stable as their classic petrochemical relatives. Fraunhofer LBF has addressed this issue as part of the Fraunhofer Cluster Circular Plastics Economy CCPE. The present investigations show that PLA is very well suited for long-term use if the right additives are added to prevent premature damage. 📚 Read more: https://lnkd.in/dg-ns65h Authors: Jannik Hallstein, Metzsch-Zilligen Elke, Rudolf Pfaendner 👉 Want to get more information about our projects on the topic of circular additives and compounds: https://lnkd.in/dGskCQTn #circulareconomy

Our Infrastructure: Modular Extrusion Technology Center Plastics (virgin material and recyclates) can be processed hand in hand with customised material formulations up to demonstration scale. Furthermore, complex process chains can be developed or simulated on a modular basis on a pilot plant scale. Equipment is available for dosing granulates, powders and flakes as well as ground/chopped fibres, gases (N, CO2 and hydrocarbons) and liquid, highly viscous media. Filtration and vacuum degassing can be used to remove specific substances from the melt. The system is located at the Fraunhofer ICT and is used by our "Advanced Recycling" research department. You can find a detailed description of the system at 👉 https://lnkd.in/eEdD4iYd Over the coming weeks, we would like to introduce you to the technical equipment at the Fraunhofer CCPE. This will give you an insight into the equipment that our scientists use every day to shape the path to the circular economy! #infrastructure #circulareconomy #fraunhoferccpe #extrusion #recycling Foto: © Fraunhofer ICT

Im Dialogprozess zur Nationalen Kreislaufwirtschaft mit dabei: unser Sprecher Prof. Dr.-Ing. Manfred Renner.

Tell us which phase must definitely be dealt with at an event on the topic of "Circular Economy" so that you will go there? Prof. Dr.-Ing. Manfred Renner, Head of the Fraunhofer CCPE and Fraunhofer UMSICHT, is providing scientific advice for the Circular Valley Convention from 12 to 13 March 2025 in Düsseldorf.

Machen Sie mit: Wissenschaftliche Kurzbefragung »Smarte Produkte und Datenaustausch mit Herstellern«! Ein wichtiger Bestandteil der Entwicklung nachhaltiger Produkte im Rahmen der Circular Economy ist das datengestützte Verbessern von Produktlebensdauer und Energieeffizienz. Die Daten hierzu kommen zum Teil aus der Produktnutzung durch die Verbraucher*innen. Um mehr über Einstellungen und Erwartungen von Verbraucher*innen bezüglich eines solchen Datenaustauschs mit Herstellern am Beispiel von Haushaltsgeräten zu erfahren, führt das Fraunhofer Cluster of Excellence Circular Plastics Economy CCPE eine Befragung durch. Die Teilnahme ist unter folgendem Link bis zum 31.08.2024 möglich, dauert maximal 10 Minuten und ist offen für alle: https://lnkd.in/d2ZYBCMR Ansprechpartner: Sabrina Schreiner, Dr. Marius Deckers (beide Fraunhofer UMSICHT ), Jan-Philip Kopka (Fraunhofer IML) #circulareconomy #daten #produktlebensdauer #energieeffizienz #umfrage #fraunhofer Foto: ©shutterstock/Composing Fraunhofer UMSICHT