# Circular Plastic Production: Waste to Product Pilot
> Discover how Return Club and Tide Watches are building a circular plastic production chain with Dutch universities to turn local waste into real products.

Tags: circular-economy, plastic-recycling, sustainability, manufacturing, education, university-partnership, product-design
## From Waste to Product
* Partnership: Return Club, Tide Watches, and Universities of Applied Sciences.
* Goal: Building a real circular plastic production chain through student collaboration.

## The Problem & Opportunity
* 80% of plastic waste is downcycled or incinerated.
* Gap between theory-based education and real industry production.
* Vision: Education as the production floor with local Dutch plastic waste.

## The Partners
* **Return Club**: Circular plastic production specialist equipped with shredders, granulators, and CNC machines.
* **Tide Watches**: Expertise in creating high-quality products from ocean plastic (Healix).

## Production Process
1. Plastic Waste collection.
2. Shred + Granulate process.
3. Press into sheets.
4. CNC + Fabricate (shaping by students).
5. Finished products (sellable goods).

## Project Goals
* Produce 50+ recycled plastic sheets.
* Create 50+ finished products designed by students.
* Establish 1 full end-to-end production chain.

## Student Involvement
* Students act as makers in design, prototyping, process optimization, and material testing.
* Potential projects include circular furniture, sheet press engineering, and business model development.

## Value for Universities
* Real-world education and industry collaboration.
* Alignment with SDG and sustainability goals.
* Research opportunities in materials science and circular business models.
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