Mapping Alpine Polymer Waste

How to design effective circular solutions for textile and plastic waste from outdoor products in the Alpine region?
What geographical, regulatory, technical, and policy constraints influence current waste management practices?

If you want answers to these questions, gain a comprehensive understanding of the challenges, and discuss opportunities for distributors, manufacturers, and brands, this webinar is for you.

Program

• Presentation of the ASTER project: Circular economy in the Alpine outdoor industry
  By Céline Quester, ASTER Project Manager, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Region
• Mapping actors, material flows, and economic gaps in Alpine textile value chains
  By Markus Lambracht, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (Germany)
• Mapping regulations and economic policies for the management of Alpine textile and plastic waste
  By Maj Rožmanec, Environment Department, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia (Slovenia)
• Retrospective: Key factors for circularity
  By Carola Sommer, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (Germany)
• Outdoor products in the Alpine region: Analysis of the potential of “R” strategies, waste generation, and associated management systems
  By Marco Wehner & Julika Knapp, University of Innsbruck, Austria

Bringing together academic experts, institutional stakeholders, and industry professionals, this webinar will present interim results of the ASTER project, aimed at better understanding textile and plastic waste flows in the Alpine region and identifying practical solutions to accelerate the transition to a circular economy.

The ASTER project is co-funded by the European Union under the Interreg Alpine Space program.

Contact : Valentin NALLET – vnallet@techtera.org