POLYPROBLEM report: The Circularity Code

CONTENTS IT’S NOT SCIENCE-FICTION 3 WHY SMART PLASTICS NEED COOPERATIVE PEOPLE 4 Digital opportunities for design, production, use, and recycling KNOWING WHAT WORKS | How plastics processors will design more sustainable components in the future 5 KNOWING WHAT’S IN IT | The digital product passport also requires a cultural change 7 “Shared learning as a chance” | Christoph Kugler, Plastics Center SKZ 10 KNOWING WHAT’S COMING | We have the technology, but no business model 12 Three questions for | Jochen Moesslein of Polysecure 14 CLICKS FOR SMARTER CONSUMPTION 16 How digital tools can help us live a more sustainable life APPS USED FOR RECYCLING | About games, incentives, and responsibilities 17 Working hand in hand with big business | Creator Stefan Siegl about the Austrian RecycleMich app 20 CONCLUSION | Uncertainty with a silver lining 23 THE ADDED VALUE OF REUSEABILITY | Turnaround in the to-go sector: all digital or nothing? 24 LOADS OF WASTE. LOADS OF DATA. 26 How digital pioneers hope to renew the global waste management industry TRANSPARENCY PAYS OFF | Digital collection and analysis of waste data 27 Op-ed by Dominic Santschi | Co-founder of Ampliphi 30 SMART CLEAN-UP | Technology that optimizes urban waste management 32 AT THE TOUCH OF A BUTTON | Digital opportunities for waste management in emerging and developing countries 35 DIGITAL SOLUTIONS CREATE TRANSPARENCY AND TRUST | MONITORING BY APP 40 Designing an app with waste pickers over coffee | Thierry Sanders, managing director of Circular Action B.v., 42 ON LAND, ON WATER AND IN THE AIR | How digital tools can close data gaps 45 FROM A BIRD’S EYE VIEW | Remote sensing of plastic emissions 48 A CURSE AND A BLESSING 52 An interim conclusion POLYPROBLEM: KNOWLEDGE. TRANSPARENCY. COOPERATION 54 Meeting the creators 55 Links to above-mentioned organizations 56 References 57

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