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A more sustainable plastics economy is needed, and global plastics specialist igus is pursuing this goal with its ‘chainge’ recycling platform, which recycles used energy chains. Now, igus has invested in the start-up company cirplus to pursue the common vision of closing the plastics loop and initiating a revolution in the trade of technical and standard thermoplastic recyclate or recycled plastic stock. With ‘chainge’, igus has proven that the circular economy can be easy. The
potential of newmaterial flows for recyclates just needs to be explored. igus recognised this potential at an early stage and has helped customers to recycle their used energy chains, regardless of themanufacturer, since 2019. In October 2022, the ‘chainge’ online platform was launched to provide easy
digital access to recycling. Themarketplace can now also be used to quickly and easily transfer previously non-qualifying engineering plastics or ones that appeared difficult to recycle, into the circular economy. Processing companies could also purchase recycled plastics with guaranteed quality standards. This new online market also helps companies to reach recyclate plastic
targets, which is incentivised in the UK by the Plastic Packaging Tax. To progress this further, igus has now invested in the circular start-up cirplus.
cirplus is mainly active in standard thermoplastics markets, providing a digitalmarketplace for waste disposal companies, recyclers and product manufacturers where they can buy standardised recyclates in a safe, traceable and cost-efficient way, worldwide. By doing this, the team of digital experts are promoting greater networking of the plastics and recycling industries. Importantly, cirplus has also initiated the DIN SPEC 91446 and DIN
SPEC 91481 standards as the world’s first standards for high-quality plastics recycling. The motivation was to build reliable and transparent supply chains for plastic recyclates through the combination of digitisation and standardisation. DIN SPEC 91446 was also awarded the DIN Prize 2022 by the German Institute for Standardization e.V. in the categories of climate protection and innovation. The common goal of making the reuse of plastics easier than ever before unifies igus and cirplus.
The ‘chainge’ recycling programme already offers igus’ customers easy and fast access for technical plastics recycling. And with the cirplus partnership, igus has gained a strong partner for trading standard recyclates. In the future, customers will benefit from a network that links the recyclate trade in technical and standard thermoplastics, making it possible to order everything easily and transparently from a single source. With over 60 years’ experience in plastics, igus has a global network and
offers access to constant material flows. cirplus’ experience and software expertise will help the joint venture to reach the next level of digital recyclate trading. And now the two companies are exploring a strategic partnership with potential for building the world's largest AI platform for circular plastics. Justin Leonard, director of e-chain systems and cables at igus UK,
says: “The desire to expand our digital platform and make trading usable for everyone brought us to work with cirplus. With the investment, we are setting an example to approach sustainability together and to create a better network to achieve more.” Christian Schiller,managing director at cirplus, adds: “With igus, we have
found a partner who shares our values and works with us to drive digitalisation in the plastics industry forward with the aim of completely closing the loop. igus’ experience in the field of engineering plastics, coupled with our expertise in the field of digitalisation and standard thermoplastics, is perfect for paving the way towards a closed circular economy – across all industries.”
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