Kick-off catalaix 30th September 2024
The catalaix project at the WSS Research Centre has officially commenced its mission. At a festive event to launch the project, researchers demonstrated how they plan to break down plastics into their individual components — and lay the foundation for a multidimensional circular economy:With the help of catalysts that accelerate chemical reactions or make them […]
Turning Plastic Waste into Opportunity: Our Vision for a Circular Economy
Each year, hundreds of millions of tons of plastic waste are produced worldwide. Traditional recycling methods like sorting, shredding, and thermal processing often lead to lower-quality recycled materials, which limits the potential for a true circular economy. Chemical recycling offers a promising alternative, creating high-quality products from end-of-life plastics. At catalaix, an interdisciplinary team of […]
100 million Swiss francs for the new Research Centre catalaix!
The Werner Siemens Foundation (WSS) celebrated its centennial anniversary in 2023. To mark the occasion, the Foundation launched its “project of the century” — an ideas competition for a WSS Research Centre dedicated to researching and developing technologies for the sustainable use of natural resources. A winner has now been selected from the one hundred […]