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The topic of „Plastics and recycling“ was the focus of the Pöppelmann Researchers' Week at the beginning of November. The cooperation partner was the Lohne Industrial Museum. Almost 460 pupils and their school classes took part in workshops on the weekdays. More than 250 young and older plastics researchers joined them at the weekend.
There was great praise for the Pöppelmann-trainees, who supervised the hands-on stations with great commitment, according to a press release from the plastics company in Lohne. The management of the museum, Ulrike Hagemeier and Benno Dräger, expressed their delight at this renewed and successful cooperation with the plastics company. „Plastics processing is one of the leading industries in the region. It is important for us to show what the future holds for this industry,“ said Ulrike Hagemeier. Benno Dräger thanked the Pöppelmann company for its commitment. „Thanks to the many interactive elements in the workshops, we succeeded in inspiring the children and young people.“
Workshops in small groups
As a large-scale event like the Researchers' Day three years ago was out of the question due to the coronavirus, the organisers opted for Workshops in smaller groups decided over the course of an entire week. The new format proved to be a recipe for success. This time there was enough time to discover the individual stations in a quiet atmosphere, ask questions, look and marvel. Teacher Julia Rießelmann from the Franziskus School in Lohne described the effect as follows: „The children were super-motivated thanks to the good supervision."
Her colleague Nathalie Wobbeler from the Höner Mark primary school in Dinklage confirmed: „The topic of recycling has been implemented very intensively and practically here. The children take a lot away with them.“ Quite literally, too: those who found the solution word with the correct answers in the question check for plastics researchers, received a certificate as well as some small rewards.
Julia Uptmoor, Head of Marketing Communications at Pöppelmann, led the project team that prepared the event. „We would like to provide differentiated information about plastic as a material and make it clear that the goals of the circular economy can only be achieved if everyone participates,“ she said.
This includes knowledge of the background to recycling, starting with the correct disposal of waste. „This is the first prerequisite, to preserve valuable materials for the material cycle, so that they can be used again and again.“ It is very important to inform the next generation about the background.
Source: Pöppelmann
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