A Path to Resilience

SCOPE

Systemic Circular fOod-service Plastic Ecosystems

SCOPE

Lead Organization: Danish Technological Institute

Project Period: September 2026 - March 2029

Pool: TRACE Pool 5

Project Status: New

SCOPE (Systemic Circular fOod-service Plastic Ecosystems) develops and validates a systemic circular solution for food-contact plastics at events and in canteens. In the integrated SCOPE system a diverse portfolio of food-contact plastics can move between reuse and food-grade closed-loop recycling within controlled systems, guided by a data-driven decision-support tool allowing comparison of linear, reuse, and recycling scenarios.

Participating partners: Danish Technological Institute, Dansk Mobilopvask ApS, Phobos Plastic Recycling Denmark A/S, KIFA PLAST V/KIM FAGERLUND, ABENA A/S, Compass Group DK, Fonden Roskilde Festival, Technical University of Denmark, Behave Green ApS, DTD

Funding call: Circular Solutions in the Food Industry

Project Leader

Julie Stokkebro Schmøkel

Mail: jssc@teknologisk.dk

 

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