Workshop for local groups

The first work­shop was held for the local com­mu­ni­ty, with stu­dents from Tech­ni­cal School No. 1 in Ruda Śląs­ka par­tic­i­pat­ing.

The main goal was to intro­duce young peo­ple to the prin­ci­ples of the cir­cu­lar econ­o­my and the prac­ti­cal appli­ca­tion of plas­tic reuse tech­nolo­gies. Par­tic­i­pants learned about the plas­ti­cLIFE­cy­cle project and observed the oper­a­tion of the inno­v­a­tive PLC demon­stra­tion plant.

The event began with an intro­duc­to­ry lec­ture by Piotr Góral, an expert from EkoPart­ner Sile­sia Sp. z o.o. Along­side the the­o­ret­i­cal con­tent, the ses­sion includ­ed live demon­stra­tions, such as how var­i­ous plas­tics react to fire and heat. This inter­ac­tive for­mat sparked great interest—students engaged active­ly, ask­ing ques­tions about mate­r­i­al prop­er­ties and iden­ti­fi­ca­tion meth­ods. One par­tic­u­lar­ly intrigu­ing top­ic was rec­og­niz­ing plas­tics by the smell they emit when heat­ed.

Par­tic­i­pants then toured the PLC plant—showcasing a pro­pri­etary tech­nol­o­gy for plas­tic sep­a­ra­tion and pro­cess­ing devel­oped under the project. They not only saw the sys­tem in action but also con­nect­ed it to the con­cepts pre­sent­ed ear­li­er. After a short net­work­ing break, they joined a Q&A ses­sion, fol­lowed by a group tour of the KWK Pol­s­ka Coal Mine Tow­er, led by Witold Szwed­kows­ki, com­mu­ni­ca­tion man­ag­er for the LIFE Archi­cli­ma project.

Below a pho­to col­lage from the event: