Circular economy practical training materials for plastic manufacturing industries

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Plastics are an essential part of our daily lives and they are everywhere, being an important enabler of humanity's progress. On the other hand, in the way they're manufactured and used nowadays they're also responsible for 80% of marine litter and suppose 26mT/year of waste. Moreover, if we could recirculate these materials, manufacture them more efficiently and apply circular business models there will be a reduction of CO2 emissions of 50%. All of these are just some of the reasons why the EU have made the transition to a Circular Economy (CE) in the plastics sector a centrepiece of their action plan. Companies manufacturing plastics face a series of barriers to be a part of this transition, being key to the lack of knowledge and awareness. According to the them, there is still not enough training that goes from general concepts of CE to the specific aspects (i.e. which recycled material can use for my products?). CircVET project aims at developing the most extensive, free and tailor-made (according to companies needs and problems) training in CE for plastics at the European level. We believe that companies are one of the most relevant stakeholders needed for the transition and we expect to help them to play their role through knowledge. Plastics employs in the EU more than 1.56 million professionals directly demanding and in need of upgrading their skills. For achieving this objective, we have gathered a consortium representing more than XXX companies of the sector, academia and VET centres, that will: - Develop training materials according to companies needs, covering all the value chain of plastics in 6 EU languages - Adapt them to be used in I-VET and C-VET - Produce 9 MOOCs/NOOCs available accredited through micro-credentials - Develop a platform for learning and connecting - Build strong links between academia/VET centres/companies (through exchanges, challenges,...) - Pilot and validate them with around 80 companies and 200 students of the sector