Objective THE APPLICANT REQUESTS THE STUDY AND REALIZATIONS OF A NEW SYSTEM OF PLASTIC REFUSE COLLECTING IN ORDER TO FEED THE RECYCLING PROCESS. HIS 15 YEARS' EXPERIENCE IN GLASS COLLECTING BY MEANS OF CONTAINERS ON THE PARKING OF SUPERMARKETS (8000 T/YEAR IN BELGIUM) WILL BE USED TO DEVELOP AN ANALOGOUS SYSTEM FOR RECYCLING. A FOUR-STEP METHOD IS PROPOSED: - AN EXHAUSTIVE STUDY OF THE MARKET OF PLASTIC PACKAGING, PRINCIPALLY IN THE DRINKSSECTOR, IN ORDER TO KNOW THE VOLUME OF RECYCLABLE PLASTICS AND THEIR NATURE, AS WELL AS MARKETING POSSIBILITIES OF THE RECYCLED MATERIALS; - A CREATIVE TEAM SPECIALIZED IN SYNECTICS (W. GORDON, HARVARD UNIVERSITY) AND LATERAL THINKING (E. DE BONO) WILL TRY TO DEVELOP NEW APPROACHES TO THIS PROBLEM AND PROPOSE POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS; - THE APPLICANT WILL THEN SELECT OR TWO OF THOSE SOLUTIONS AND MATERIALIZE PROTOTYPES; - SUBSEQUENTLY THESE WILL BE TESTED IN THIS FIELD. THE WHOLE PROCESS WILL BE TECHNICALLY COACHED BY FN INDUSTRY AS TO MECHANICAL AND CHEMICAL IMPLICATIONS. Programme(s) PRE-RAWMAT 2C - Research and development programme (EEC) in the raw materials sector, 1982-1985 Topic(s) Data not available Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme Data not available Coordinator GRAND BAZAR-INNOVATION-BON MARCHE EU contribution No data Address RUE NEUVE 111 1000 BRUSSELS Belgium See on map Total cost No data Participants (1) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all LEADER/ SARENS J. EU contribution No data Address See on map Total cost No data
