RecyclingManager

The RecyclingManager project team is developing a digital solution for current challenges in commercial waste management: In many companies, waste disposal processes have been inefficient, sometimes intransparent – and the lacking interconnectedness between the actors involved prevents an optimal disposal and recycling process. The digital tool "Recycling Manager" is designed to enable integrated waste and recycling management that connects waste producers, waste disposal companies and authorities. The automated recording of material flows and emptying orders supports the optimisation of disposal cycles and creates a database based on the AvaL standard.

The researchers at the Wuppertal Institute contribute their scientific expertise in the analysis and optimisation of material flows and in the design of transformation processes. They develop recommendations for action and target group-specific training materials to support the use of the platform and thereby help to tap into the potential of introducing or expanding circular processes in companies. The goal is to increase recycling rates and promote the closing of material cycles.

The project contributes to the further development of a resource-conserving circular economy by providing access to knowledge about material flows and recycling processes as well as by opening up new opportunities for action through increased networking. Through training courses and recommendations for action, the platform supports companies in better understanding their disposal and recycling processes, developing them further and making them more sustainable.

The RecyclingManager project is funded by GreenEconomy.IN.NRW (EFRE/JTF NRW). The project partners are the IT company Zolitron (consortium leader) and Drekopf (waste management company).