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PLASTEAM ERASMUS+ project

STEAM education for plastic-free primary schools

  • ABOUT
  • PARTNERS
    • AGORA NIEKÉE (NL)
    • CNPCD (RO)
    • EFFEBI (IT)
    • EURODIMENSIONS (MT)
    • MIO-ECSDE / MEdIES (EL)
    • NEMO Science Museum (NL)
    • SCOALA GYMNAZIALA Nr 10 (RO)
    • THEMISTOKLIS S.A. (EL)
  • OUTPUTS
    • O1 – PLASTIC FOOTPRINT FOR PRIMARY SCHOOL
    • O2 – RECOMMENDATIONS & CONTEST FOR PLASTIC-FREE SCHOOLS
    • O3 – STEAM BOX & LAB
  • DELIVERABLES
    • O1-A1 Booklet of good practices
    • O1-A1 Survey on Students
    • O1-A1 Survey on Teachers
    • O2-A2 Recommendations for managers & teachers
    • O2-A3 Recommendations for students & families
    • 03-A1 STEAM-Box Methodology
    • O3-A2 STEAM-Box
  • EVENTS
    • EU Seminar, Greece, March 2022
    • A webinar on STEAM-Box
    • Info Day – Italy
    • Info Day – Greece
    • Info Day- Malta
    • Info Day – Netherlands
  • COMMUNICATION
  • CONTEST PLASTIC 2022
01Jun202229Dec2023

An inconvenient truth about plastic recycling

Iro Alampei NEWS-ENV
An inconvenient truth about plastic recycling

A rather pessimistic article on plastic recycling, with a lot of arguments for why recycling doesn’t work today – and is not expected to work in the future. Although it stems from data in the USA, the situation and the challenges described stand for Europe and all over the world.

Read the full article here.

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