Abstract
During the last 3 years, from 2022 to March 2025, a wide range of activities have been conducted in the CIP partnership (Circular Industrial Plastic) to create possibilities for recycling of industrial and technical plastic through collaboration across value-chains.
The CIP partnership involved a range of partners from different industries, with different products, different value chains, and different end-users. The partners include Danfoss, Grundfos, Novo Nordisk, Coloplast, F&H Group, ZIRQ Medical, Trebo, MAKEEN EnviroTech, Geminor, Marius Pedersen, Crossbridge Energy, BASF, Topsoe, as well as Aarhus University, Danish Technological Institute (DTI), and Technological University of Denmark (DTU). The partnership is supported by the Environmental Technology Development and Demonstration Program (MUDP) under the Danish Ministry of Environment and Gender Equality and Managed by DTI. One of the outputs from the partnership is this report, outlining steps taken for a more circular use of industrial and technical plastic across the value chains of the companies.
The purpose of this report is to showcase the experiences of the 3-year-long partnership whose focus was on recycling plastic. The report is based on information gained from numerous meetings, 5 midterm reports, 7 workshops and a number of online meetings, 19 steering group meetings, physical visits and meetings at each partner sites, qualitative in-depth interviews with partners (transcribed and coded in NVivo), a review of comparable partnerships in Europe and report on recycling technologies (Rambøll).
With this report, the partners behind CIP wish to inspire other Danish companies to start and improve the recycling of their industrial plastic and work across their value chain to facilitate the transition towards a more circular society in Denmark. Inspiration from the CIP partnership’s experiences and outcomes may encourage companies to take decisive actions improved recycling of industrial plastic products in Denmark. We also wish to encourage political actions that may promote the progress towards an improved recycling of plastic products in Denmark.
The CIP partnership involved a range of partners from different industries, with different products, different value chains, and different end-users. The partners include Danfoss, Grundfos, Novo Nordisk, Coloplast, F&H Group, ZIRQ Medical, Trebo, MAKEEN EnviroTech, Geminor, Marius Pedersen, Crossbridge Energy, BASF, Topsoe, as well as Aarhus University, Danish Technological Institute (DTI), and Technological University of Denmark (DTU). The partnership is supported by the Environmental Technology Development and Demonstration Program (MUDP) under the Danish Ministry of Environment and Gender Equality and Managed by DTI. One of the outputs from the partnership is this report, outlining steps taken for a more circular use of industrial and technical plastic across the value chains of the companies.
The purpose of this report is to showcase the experiences of the 3-year-long partnership whose focus was on recycling plastic. The report is based on information gained from numerous meetings, 5 midterm reports, 7 workshops and a number of online meetings, 19 steering group meetings, physical visits and meetings at each partner sites, qualitative in-depth interviews with partners (transcribed and coded in NVivo), a review of comparable partnerships in Europe and report on recycling technologies (Rambøll).
With this report, the partners behind CIP wish to inspire other Danish companies to start and improve the recycling of their industrial plastic and work across their value chain to facilitate the transition towards a more circular society in Denmark. Inspiration from the CIP partnership’s experiences and outcomes may encourage companies to take decisive actions improved recycling of industrial plastic products in Denmark. We also wish to encourage political actions that may promote the progress towards an improved recycling of plastic products in Denmark.
| Original language | English |
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| Place of Publication | Kgs. Lyngby |
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| Publisher | DTU Sustain |
| Number of pages | 106 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2025 |