Plastic Garage
The transformation towards a circular plastics economy is at the core of Borealis’ Group Strategy. Consumers and citizens play an important role in supporting this journey by making sustainable purchasing decisions and sorting and disposing their household waste properly.
Plastic Garage is an initiative by Borealis, EREMA, and the Grand Garage in Linz, Austria, which was inaugurated in October 2022. It provides a hands-on recycling experience and facilitates the understanding of the value and challenges of plastics recycling.
Hands-On Experience of Plastic Recycling
The Plastic Garage is a workspace installed in cooperation between Borealis, EREMA, and the Grand Garage. It consists of a shredder along with an extruder and an injection molding machine providing a place to research and experiment to inspiring future engineers. Workshops are also offered to anybody aged 6 years+, providing a hands-on experience of recycling and teaching the fundamentals of the circular economy. Moreover, the Plastic Garage established the Plastic Garage Community. Along with the Grand Garage, they carry out the workshops and experiments and engage the greater society through external events and activities. Since the opening of the Plastic Garage in October 2022, 2000+ children have participated at workshops or visited the Plastic Garage workspace.
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Plastic Garage at the Linz Innovation Tour
The Linz Innovation Tour is a place with many events and fruitful exchanges on the topic of innovation. In 2022, the Plastic Garage took part in the Innovation Tour.
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Plastic Garage at Climate Action Days
In 2022, the Plastic Garage took part in the Climate Action Days, an event in Linz dedicated to informing and involving citizens on the topic of climate change.
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The Plastic Garage Inauguration
In October 2022 the Plastic Garage celebrated its opening at the Grand Garage in Linz, Austria.
About the Grand Garage
The Grand Garage is a former a tobacco factory in Linz, Austria which offers professionally equipped workspaces with more than 90 machines and digital technologies available to the public and students. Click here to find out more about the Grand Garage.
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