Projektleiter*in: Martin Reiter, JKU
Projektteam: Martin Reiter, Jörg Fischer, Johannes Braumann, Florian Nimmervoll
Projektpartner*innen: Institute of Polymer Product Engineering | JKU Linz mit Institute of Polymeric Materials and Testing | JKU Linz mit Creative Robotics mit INDUSTRIAL DESIGN LINZ (id-linz.at)
Art der Förderung: LIT-Call, JKU
Projektlaufzeit: Juni 2022 – September 2022
Institut: Institute of Polymer Product Engineering | JKU Linz, Institute of Polymeric Materials and Testing | JKU Linz, Creative Robotics, INDUSTRIAL DESIGN LINZ (id-linz.at)
The omnipresence of plastics has already become invisible to us because we are used to it. By placing artifacts in an ever-growing artificial/natural environment, recipients may look at the circular economy from different angles. Plastic passes through several stages in its life cycle, a process that can be experienced first-hand in this exhibition. Our recycling journey begins at the ‘wasteyard’, where the different types of plastics are explained and selected for recycling. After passing through a shredder, a mixer and an extruder, the recycled items are now ready for further processing. Using manual injection molding machines, small practical components can be made by the visitors themselves. Small 3D printers produce unique components from recycled materials with the help of filament. A 3D printing robot will directly recycle the shredded waste and transform it into large components.