Trace – a transition towards circular economy

Contributing to Denmark achieving the national climate goals within
the circular economy before 2050 with a focus on plastics and textiles.

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Our sectors

We have all relevant key opinion leaders within industry and academia working with circular economy in our partnership. This applies to research institutions, private and public companies and relevant associations.

Plastics

Five projects are submitted for the plastic track. The projects have a strong focus on the industrial ecosystem as this is representing a critical element of the value-chain

Textiles

Five projects are submitted for the textiles track, pool 1. These show both strong independent agency and a great potential for cross- pollination and synergies.

Common

Even though the four projects are independent of each other, there are potential synergies that the partnership will explore during execution of the projects.

News & Events

Lastest in Plastics, Textiles & Common

Design for Disassembly

Progress September 2023

If we can have cleaner fractions of materials, the potential for recycling plastic materials increases. Furthermore, suppose we can design for repair or design for harvesting critical metals.

Read about the findings in the project so far.

27 Sep 2023

Plastics

Biocomposites for substituting plastic

Recycling of petrochemical plastic should ideally be an interim remedy while we develop alternatives to plastic.

We exploit nano-scale biopolymers from agroindustrial waste- and side-streams in new sustainable materials.

26 Sep 2023

Plastics

Plastic Engineering Day 2023

- fair & conference for students and companies in the plastics industry. Plastic Engineering Day 2023 will be held at SDU - Southern University of Denmark - on October 24th.

14 Sep 2023

Efter et år: De fire missionsdrevne partnerskaber gør status

Et år efter at de fire missionsdrevne innovationspartnerskaber blev søsat, tæller de nu mere end 300 partnere i alt. Partnerskaberne har i løbet af året blandt andet gennemført en ansøgningsrunde til pulje to-midler og afholdt store konferencer - og vurderer selv, at det er lykkedes at skabe en markant samlingskraft inden for deres fire respektive sektorer.

06 Jul 2023

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The goal

At TRACE/Innomission 4 our goal is to contribute to Denmark reaching the national climate goals within circular economy with a focus on plastics and textiles by 2050. We want to create anational "laboratory" that sets new, groundbreaking frameworks for systemic development and innovation and provides tools and processes to convert traditional linear production and consumption to circular solutions.

The transition must be carried out in an ambitious partnership between companies and the most talented national and international researchers in close collaboration with authorities and the rest of society.

Innovation and technology are part of Danish companies' DNA, and we have experience that knowledge sharing, collaboration and development naturally belong together and can create great results. This means that together we can strengthen climate and environmental efforts and at the same time further accelerate the creation of jobs and the export of technologies and business models.

Trace Conference Video

The Trace Innomission 4 - Pool 2 conference brought companies and scientists together in inspiring meetings, where challenges were discussed and laid the foundation for new projects, that will help companies and the society to work with a circular transition.

Watch the video, where chairman of Trace, Dorethe Nielsen, assistant professor Thomas Jensen, CBS and R&D Director Lancelot Wolley, Fibertex Nonwovens talk about their benefits of the day.