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NEWS & EVENTS CONCERNING PLASTICS

 

 

Read article by Trace's three workstream leaders and the collective PI’s of the currently 19 Trace projects

"There is a need for measures that minimize consumption, promote long-lasting design, and keep resources as high up in the waste hierarchy as possible. These are some of the main points made by Trace's three workstream leaders, Else Skjold, Morten Birkved and Kristian Syberg, and the collective PI’s of the currently 19 Trace projects, in an article published in Wastetech."

 

New Members and Chairpersons in Trace

After the general assembly in Trace, the board has constituted itself with Mikkel Stenbæk Hansen, Director of Circular Economy at Novo Nordisk, and Claus Hélix-Nielsen, Head of Department and Professor at DTU, Sustain & President of the Danish Natural Sciences Academy as new vice-chairperson.

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Launch of the New Trace Calls

The Trace partnership is excited to announce the launch of three calls funded by NextGenerationEU and Innovation Fund Denmark, aimed at promoting circular transitions within the plastics and textiles industries

Take part in innovating projects for 40 mio. DKK

Join the mission and transition to circular economy within plastics and textiles with your innovative ideas and research, solving the societal challenge of developing a circular infrastructure.

Challenges of Transitioning to a Circular Economy

Lykke Margot Ricard, the project leader for the trace project on design for circularity, delves into the challenges of transitioning to a circular economy

Trace project "Biocomposites to substitute plastic" sharing knowledge at Børsen

Contributes to Dansk Erhvervs BioSolutions High Level Summit

Design for Disassembly

Progress September 2023

If we can have cleaner fractions of materials, the potential for recycling plastic materials increases.

Biocomposites for substituting plastic

Recycling of petrochemical plastic should ideally be an interim remedy