EDU4PlastiCircular

Project partners from the Transilvania University of Brasov Cristina Bogatu and Maria Covei presented the EDU4PlastiCircular common project in Constanta during the conference CHIMIA 2024.  More info is available HERE.

In May 2024, the Faculty of Energy Technology, University of Maribor, hosted the 6th International Conference on Energy and Responsibility – EnRe in Velenje, Slovenia. This year’s EnRe conference focused on pathways to climate neutrality and the sustainable green transition. It brought together experts, researchers, policymakers, and business leaders to share experiences, research, and visions.

Project EDU4PlastiCircular was recently introduced in ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance), Slovenia’s first specialized magazine for sustainable development. The magazine brings news, knowledge, and experience, and communicates sustainable development issues in the Slovenian, European, and global context, focusing on the challenges and opportunities of concrete practice. The introduction emphasized the importance of addressing environmental challenges related

The FEP team took part in a skills fair where they presented many interesting facts about cosmetic products and shared some simple tricks for making natural cosmetics at home. Without unnecessary chemicals and microplastics. Special focus was put on reducing unnecessary plastic packaging.  In three practical workshops, visitors made a natural all-purpose cream, an air

At the Faculty of Environmental Protection, as part of the course “People and Environment,” we conducted the #EDU4PlastiCircular workshop, where we introduced students to the issue of synthetic textile fibres in our clothing.  During the workshop, we weighed 6.5 kg of clothing, 43% of which contained synthetic textile fibres. Students learned about the issues and

At the Faculty of Environmental Protection, we work with students to develop green skills and strengthen their social responsibility. Through discussion and practical tasks, we foster critical thinking about plastics and its role in modern society, as well as its challenges for the future. During a workshop within the #Erasmusplus project #EDU4PlastiCircular, we asked ourselves

The Transilvania University of Brasov issued a new Newsletter which includes also the information about our EDU4PlastiCircular project! Their Newsletter is available HERE.

At the After PLASTIX evaluation meeting, we presented to companies and institutions working in the “plastics sector” the opportunities for further cooperation within the framework of the international partner consortium, focusing on the upcoming thematic meetings to be organised by our project partners from the Netherlands, Sweden and Italy. Since the problems of plastic accumulation

The fashion industry is one of the biggest industrial environmental polluters. Global production of textile fibres is growing exponentially, even surpassing the growth rate of the world’s population. Over 70% of clothing uses synthetic fibres such as polyester, nylon, acrylic, elastane, etc. (UTMUN 2021). Why? Because they are cheap and versatile, create stretch and breathability

Dr. Anja Bubik from the Faculty of Environmental Protection Velenje was a guest speaker at the international webinar Microplastic Chronicles: Stories from the Cutting Edge of Research, organised by researchers from the University of Educos, Serbia, within the framework of the GREENLand – Twining Microplastic-Free Environment project of the Horizon Programme.  She focused on research