Reduce lost plastics
PlastiCity aims to increases commercial and industrial plastic waste recycling rates in The Hague, Southend on Sea, Ghent and Douai.
ORGANISATIONS
Solutions for lost plastics
Waste owners, designers, recyclers, policy makers, NGOs, waste management companies, logistic companies, plastic manufacturers and universities work together in PlastiCity to create innovative and local circular business models within the plastic value chain.
What we can do for you RESEARCH
Replicable strategy
to produce case- specific solutions for collection, sorting and reprocessing of waste plastic.
Download the report PlastiCity cities
In PlastiCity, four cities from the Interreg 2 Seas region join forces to develop new strategies and solutions to increase the recyclability of lost plastics.
Southend-on-Sea
Located on the seafront, Southend-on-Sea is committed to minimising the impact of plastics on the environment and the ocean.
About this city
Douai
The Douai region has a strong industrial past, looking to renew and keep up with future industrial revolutions.
About this city
The Hague
The Hague, with its many offices, retail and SME’s, is scaling up it’s plastic recycling efforts.
About this city
Ghent
Strong connections with research institutes make Ghent a talent hub, pioneering in new logistics, separation and recycling technologies.
About this cityOur Partners
PlastiCity follows a quadruple helix co-creation process involving industry, government, research and citizens. Our partners bring together a diverse range of urban and academic skills, expertise and approaches. They are active in different national and local systems. This enables us to identify best practices and to develop a replicable model relevant to other urban environments in the 2Seas region.
Latest news and updates
PlastiCity Pledge launched in Southend-on-Sea, UK
A new PlastiCity Pledge has been announced to continue the recycling initiative across the City and organisations in Southend are invited to join. The PlastiCity pledge is designed to easily
Wrap-up of PlastiCity in Ghent on Decembre 8th
We are closing the PlastiCity project at the end of this year and invite you to a presentation of the project results. Throughout the duration of the project, we set
Plastic industrial waste from SOGO becomes valuable raw material: promising results of the test collection
The final test collection was performed in the spring of 2022 during a period of six weeks and concentrated on the shopping area South of Ghent (SOHO) and included mainly retail and hospitality services. For the final test collection a 2 bag system was used: transparent films without labels and rigids.
• When looking at the amount of materials collected it is clear to see that rigids and transparent films are the major fraction combining both quality and profitability.
• Retail and hospitality companies produce an interesting amount of qualitative and profitable materials
