Subproject 6 focuses on promoting sustainable business models by synthesizing knowledge on life cycle management and R-principles (e.g. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle). This involves creating frameworks and tools to support the implementation of these principles across the industry, thereby driving innovation and enhancing the sustainability of plastic products.
Targets
Companies often find it difficult to integrate the R-principles into their business models. There are many ideas, but they are still rarely put into practice.
Subproject 6 wants to close this gap in the implementation by:
- Aggregate existing knowledge about Life Cycle Management from academia and practice
- Development of a comprehensive life cycle management (LCM) evaluation approach
- Collection and preparation of various use cases from the industry to show companies the possible applications of the R-principles
Research partners:
HSG โ University of St.Gallen โ Institute of Technology Management (ITEM)
OST โ Ostschweizer Fachhochschule โ School of Technology
ETHZ โ Eidgenรถssische Technische Hochschule Zรผrich โ pd|z Product Development Group Zurich
EPFL โ รcole Polytechnique Fรฉdรฉrale de Lausanne โ Laboratory for Processing of Advanced Composites
Implementation partners:
soRec AG
