BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

The plastic waste is one of four global environmental challenges. However, the knowledge gap on how to upgrade the existing plastic industry for Industry 4.0 with zero waste target does exist. Moreover, marine food value chain, which use different plastic products, is one of important sector for sustainable development at national and global level. However, the understanding on plastic recycling in this sector is missing. The main PAPB project aims to establish a systematic knowledge of sustainability and digital transformation in plastic recycling by generating a comprehensive understanding of environmental, social, economic consequence and barriers for recycling though the integration of life cycle analysis, data technology, material technology and logistic technology, which can support preparation of plans, policy and decision making for sustainable and digitalised plastic recycling development in marine food value. The feasibility study indicated: 1) data for life cycle sustainability assessment (LCSA) and digital twin for plastic recycling are available from different domains crossing supply chain, but technology for efficient data integration is required. 2) Together with rejuvenation, appropriate guidelines for usage after recycling and high value applications of recycled plastics are required, based on material property and LCSA.

The plastic waste is one of four global environmental challenges . However, the knowledge gap on how to upgrade the existing plastic industry for Industry 4.0 with zero waste target does exist. The main PAPB project aims to establish a fundamental understanding of sustainability and digital transformation in plastic recycling by generating a comprehensive understanding of environmental, social, economic consequence and barriers for recycling though the integration of life cycle analysis, data technology, which can support preparation of plans, policy and decision making for sustainable and digitalised plastic recycling development. The outcome will be presented in the form of a plastic recycling digital twin schema rooted in Norwegian research centre of manufacturing, a decision making support tool, 6-8 stakeholder arenas and 1 interactive exhibitions, a website, 20 scientific publications, and 20 publications in professional fora and media. As such, the main project will support UN's sustainable development goal no. 12 and carbon neutral society in Norway through the knowledge and methods to support the product as plastic bank for zero waste and low emission production. The feasibility study will analyse data availability and requirements for LCSA and digital twin through interview, literature review and survey. Short state of art of digital twin development, data integrity and interoperability between different domains will be also analysed. This preproject will produce four reports and one stakeholders workshop.