Aimplas leads the VERSO project, which applies the Digital Product Passport and validates reuse systems for plastic packaging.

A three-year European project led by Queen's University Belfast develops human-centred recycling solutions for hazardous work environments.

Doppstadt introduces Build!, a digital configurator. The tool guides users through the product portfolio and generates quotations.

Collection systems offer good conditions for data-based control because emptying can be as-signed to individual users and times.

Increasing quality requirements for recyclates, stricter regulation and more complex material flows are increasing the pressure on sorting and recycling processes for plastic waste.

Digitalisation is considered the key to the circular economy, but its contribution to climate protection is not clear.

Recycling operations lose value when important decisions remain fragmented across intake, sorting, dis-mantling, inventory, resale and material recovery. AI-supported systems can help operators structure these decisions earlier, improve consistency and connect physical processing with digital workflows.

Finnish researchers have investigated the efficiency of AI-supported sorting systems in building material recycling compared to conventional methods.

The Swiss research project "Circular Workwear" has investigated the potential of recycling workwear, which is often incinerated despite professional washing and systematic collec-tion. The final report of the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts shows that closed textile cycles are mainly a system issue.

Digital technologies are a key driver of a functioning circular economy.