Aitiip facilities were chosen by Circ Pack partnership to check plastic circular economy in action and to show project first progress to European Commission – Horizon2020 delegates.
During this meeting, which took place on February 17th, a workshop about Aitiip’ bioplastic and circular economy solutions were showcased to project officers and Circ-Pack project members, composed by Circe Research Centre, Novamont (bioplastic producer), Bumaga (paper and board transformation), Tecnopackaging (plastic transformation), Ekodenge (consultant), OCE (consumers association) and ICLEI (local government association).
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Circ Pack is a european project in which Aitiip is involved, which aims to transform the plastic packaging value chain from a ‘linear’ to a ‘circular’ value chain. This is done by applying a number of innovations along the plastic value chain throughout the project – addressing the decoupling of materials from fossil-based feedstocks, the reduction of environmental impact, and of course the creation of an effective after-use economy.
Circ Pack also focus on the design of the plastic products – mainly packaging products – in order to make them easier to sort and recycle. In this way, we can increase the recovery of plastic waste and reduce the quantity of plastics that go to landfill.
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This is of course very much in keeping with European Union Circular Economy objectives – and throughout the project we are keeping abreast of every EU recommendation in this area, in addition to asking our colleagues in the institutions for feedback regarding project developments.