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Initial steps for reducing use of virgin plastics and textiles resources and promoting circularity have been taken at front runner hospitals, but no organized or systematic efforts have been made until now. Circular public procurement is very immature and 6% of Denmark’s GHG emissions currently derive from the healthcare sector.

The project develops new approaches for reuse and recycling of mattresses, according to the quality and recyclability of the mattresses and based on intensive stakeholder insights. 

Regulation for Promotion of CE is identified as a common challenge by the roadmap and so is the profound lack of knowledge on fiber performance; there is currently no coupling of biodiversity aspects and very little data on the actual performance of fibers in the use phase/when discarded.

The goal of this project is to design a system that is capable of efficient sorting of plastic and textiles with different degrees of contamination. The system will hence allow plastic and textiles on the same sorting line.

Change4Circularity (C4C) will collect and utilize the hitherto most comprehensive data set on plastic pollution, household sorting and management of plastics and textiles waste in Denmark. This is done in the large-scale citizen science project Mass experiment, which will engage 30.000-50.000 school students throughout the Danish realm.

Design for multiple use of textile products in public and private partnerships (Design2.Use) aims to develop
and test new circular textile solutions in the furniture industry focused on design for multiple use.