Fraunhofer LBF hosts digital recycling forum

Everyone is talking about recyclates. The efficient recycling of plastics appears to be an absolutely essential method for achieving a circular economy. At the fourth Plastic Recyclates Forum organised by the Fraunhofer Institute for Structural Durability and System Reliability (LBF), open questions on material recycling will be discussed in the digital space.

Everyone is talking about recyclates. The efficient recycling of plastics appears to be an absolutely essential method for achieving a circular economy. At the fourth Plastic Recyclates Forum organised by the Fraunhofer Institute for Structural Durability and System Reliability (LBF), open questions on material recycling will be discussed in the digital space.

The Fraunhofer Institute LBF invites you to the fourth practical forum on plastic recyclates on 24 March 2022. The virtual conference in English offers participants the opportunity to exchange ideas in an international circle and brings together plastics producers, plastics processors, recyclers and the user industries of vehicles, white goods, construction and packaging.

Qualified, professional exchange

The digital conference environment offers various options for the Direct exchange between participants and speakers and enables a highly qualified, professional exchange and a knowledge update that allows participating companies to remain competitive. Interested parties can find more information here.

As an application-orientated research institute and neutral contact partner, the Fraunhofer LBF forms the Interface between science and business and plays a leading role in the research landscape, particularly in the field of recyclates. With the Organisation of numerous technology conferences and industry working groups The Darmstadt-based research institute has been a fixture in the plastics industry for many years and, as an experienced and established partner, has taken over the management of the event from Hanser Verlag. Hanser Verlag continues to support the conference in an idealistic way.

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Source: Fraunhofer Institute LBF

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