Want to keep updated on PolyCE partner’s activities? Despite the #PolyCE project ending in May, you can now see all public #deliverables✅, #guidelines📚 and #campaigns📣 on the Result's page of our website.
Huge thank you to all experts and participants https://t.co/ZaqxdueI1g
To achieve true #CircularDesign, both design FOR & FROM recycling need to be implemented to close the material loop.➰
Four years ago, a consortium of 20 organisations joined forces to reduce the use of new plastics in electronic products. Learn more👉https://t.co/XFXONz4X5h
As part of PolyCE, ONA set out to create brand new high-end lighting💡 fixture, using for & from recycled design. Discover how, by using a step-by-step approach, ONA was able to solve challenges such as transparency👓, plastics moulding and versatility👉https://t.co/XFXONz4X5h
For a more manageable #CircularDesign of electronic products, we developed the “drop-in” method. This means exchanging parts of an existing product with #recycled♻️ plastics to learn without a big investment in an entirely new product. Learn more👉https://t.co/XFXONz4X5h
.@PhilipsHealth took the challenge to develop their most sustainable coffee machine by using #CircularDesign and the PolyCE developed "drop-in" method. With no compromises on the design or coffee taste, they made the award-winning Senseo Eco. Learn more👉https://t.co/XFXONz4X5h
.@WhirlpoolCorp demonstrated the technical feasibility of #CircularDesign in their case study of the washing machine tub and refrigerator demonstrator.
Thanks to the developed and tested "drop-in" method, their products met the expected quality standards👉https://t.co/XFXONz4X5h
At our workshop, @EU_Commission Executive Vice President @TimmermansEU unveiled the PolyCE guidelines and emphasized the importance of moving towards a #CircularEconomy♻️ and ensuring that our products are #durable, #ReUsable and #repairable
https://t.co/XFXONz4X5h
Valuable components like circuit boards, wires & motors can cause health risks as #Ewaste is often burnt for the valuable metals.
For a more #CircularDesign, use easy-removal solutions - this way, materials such as plastics can also be recycled👉https://t.co/XFXONz4X5h
#TakeALook👀 at the Drop-In Approach™ that provides a practical three pillar tool for product developers to start designing with recycled plastics.
More about products' #CircularDesign in our FOR and FROM recycled guidelines:https://t.co/XFXONz4X5h
A world without #plastics🧴 is unthinkable and more than 80% of the environmental impact of a product is determined at the design stage. At our workshop on April 15th, we presented our guidelines and experts shared their best practices on #CircularDesign👉https://t.co/DU4iVjGenw
Used commonly in electronic enclosures, glass fibre filled plastics pollute waste streams, reduce mechanical properties and cause wear.
Instead, use carbon fibres or mineral-filled plastics, which can be #recycled♻️. More guidelines on #CircularDesign: https://t.co/GRWXHuRQ6g
Switching from linear to #CircularDesign thinking will require practical solutions for the design of electronic products. Our guidelines are made to both reflect the latest status on #Ewaste collection & #recycling, and be practical for product designers: https://t.co/GRWXHuRQ6g
Throughout 70 years, the production of #plastic increased from 1.5 million tonnes in 1950 to 368 million tonnes in 2019. The European project @PolyCE_EU presents the Practical Guidelines focused on #CircularDesign to improve #WEEE plastics #sustainability: https://t.co/sz48km7azc
@PezyGroup made a new product using #CircularDesign, both FOR and FROM recycled plastics in a product called Wireless Value.
All plastic parts but one are recycled and the mechanical and aesthetic quality is comparable to new products. Learn more👉https://t.co/XFXONz4X5h
#TopTip for #CircularDesign of electronics: Avoid permanent fixtures to batteries🔋 such as glued, welded & enclosed solutions in your product.
Instead, use snap/click mechanisms to minimalize the risk of polluting material streams. See the guidelines👉https://t.co/XFXONz4X5h
“You are designing a product that is being brought into the market in quantities of millions” Thijs Feenstra, Pezy Group
Watch our experts on #CircularDesign as they give insights on why product design is so important for plastics recycling👉https://t.co/XFXONzmxWP
Senior Manager of Sustainability at @Philips Eelco Smit explains their journey in applying design methods FOR and FROM recycling to create products like the award-winning SENSEO coffee machine. #CircularDesign👉https://t.co/XFXONz4X5h
Proud to share a book that we've contributed to - Design FOR and FROM recycling https://t.co/0DmrRZGbzV
Available free to download. Packed full of facts about the plastics recycling industry + practical guidelines for designers.
You can find us on p53
#recycling#designers
.@tjfeenstra and Joop Onnekink from @PezyGroup delve into the process of designing FOR and FROM #RecycledPlastics, implementing in new products and the evolution of the wireless value. Check out the guidelines👉https://t.co/hq7Yg6x95g #CircularDesign