Together for the Planet – A report on plasticLIFEcycle’s participation in Eco-picnic 2025

plas­ti­cLIFE­cy­cle at the Eco-pic­nic in Tychy: Inno­va­tion, Edu­ca­tion, and Com­mu­ni­ty Engage­ment
On June 28–29, 2025, the plas­ti­cLIFE­cy­cle project team took part in the Eco-pic­nic orga­nized dur­ing the Tychy City Fes­ti­val. The open-air event attract­ed hun­dreds of res­i­dents pas­sion­ate about envi­ron­men­tal pro­tec­tion and sus­tain­able devel­op­ment.

Edu­ca­tion in action
As part of the project’s edu­ca­tion­al and out­reach activ­i­ties, the team joined the festival’s open house for local ini­tia­tives, offer­ing res­i­dents a direct oppor­tu­ni­ty to explore how cir­cu­lar solu­tions can shape every­day life. Through inter­ac­tive demon­stra­tions and con­ver­sa­tions, the team helped inspire more respon­si­ble atti­tudes toward resource use and waste reduc­tion.

Hands-on learn­ing
Vis­i­tors to the plas­ti­cLIFE­cy­cle booth could take part in two engag­ing, hands-on activ­i­ties:

3D print­ing from recy­cled plas­tics – show­ing how dis­card­ed mate­ri­als can gain a new life as use­ful prod­ucts, illus­trat­ing the prac­ti­cal side of the cir­cu­lar econ­o­my;

Plant­i­ng and green­ing – with the help of par­tic­i­pants, over 180 plants were placed in recy­cled pots, com­bin­ing eco­log­i­cal aware­ness with tan­gi­ble envi­ron­men­tal action.

Beyond the work­shops, dozens of con­ver­sa­tions about recy­cling, PLC tech­nol­o­gy, and mod­ern sus­tain­abil­i­ty solu­tions took place, high­light­ing strong local inter­est in inno­va­tion for the envi­ron­ment.

A com­mu­ni­ty that cares
The huge turnout and enthu­si­asm from par­tic­i­pants con­firmed that envi­ron­men­tal edu­ca­tion is a pow­er­ful force for change. The event demon­strat­ed that tech­nol­o­gy and nature can work hand in hand empow­er­ing com­mu­ni­ties to act for the cli­mate and nat­ur­al resources.

Tech­nol­o­gy serv­ing sus­tain­abil­i­ty
The plas­ti­cLIFE­cy­cle project shows how inno­v­a­tive tech­nolo­gies such as a pilot PLC instal­la­tion for sort­ing and pro­cess­ing mixed plas­tics can be com­bined with edu­ca­tion and com­mu­ni­ty engage­ment to make a mea­sur­able envi­ron­men­tal impact.
Events like the Eco-pic­nic play a key role in build­ing eco­log­i­cal aware­ness, help­ing peo­ple under­stand both the chal­lenges and solu­tions of waste man­age­ment and sus­tain­able devel­op­ment.

A heart­felt thank you to Mas­ter – Odpady i Ener­gia Sp. z o.o. for their invi­ta­tion and excel­lent orga­ni­za­tion of the event.