Workshop for local groups

The sec­ond work­shop was held at the INVESTEKO S.A. head­quar­ters with stu­dents from the Con­struc­tion School Com­plex in Chorzów. The goal was to intro­duce young peo­ple to the cir­cu­lar econ­o­my and the prac­ti­cal appli­ca­tion of plas­tic pro­cess­ing tech­nolo­gies.

The work­shop began with an intro­duc­to­ry lec­ture by Piotr Góral, expert at EkoPart­ner Sile­sia Sp. z o.o. and man­ag­er of the PLC plant. Par­tic­i­pants learned about the prop­er­ties of dif­fer­ent plas­tics and the chal­lenges involved in their recy­cling.

A key part of the ses­sion was a live demon­stra­tion show­ing how var­i­ous mate­ri­als react to fire and water. This engag­ing pre­sen­ta­tion sparked live­ly dis­cus­sion, with stu­dents ask­ing ques­tions about plas­tic identification—such as rec­og­niz­ing mate­ri­als by their scent when heat­ed.

The group then toured the PLC plant, which show­cas­es a pro­pri­etary tech­nol­o­gy for plas­tic sep­a­ra­tion and pro­cess­ing devel­oped with­in the project. Stu­dents saw first­hand how the tech­nol­o­gy works and sup­ports the cir­cu­lar econ­o­my by clos­ing the loop in the plas­tic life­cy­cle.

After a short net­work­ing break, the stu­dents took part in a Q&A ses­sion to deep­en their under­stand­ing. The event con­clud­ed with a guid­ed tour of the his­toric KWK Pol­s­ka Coal Mine Tow­er, led by Witold Szwed­kows­ki, com­mu­ni­ca­tion man­ag­er for the LIFE Archi­cli­ma project.

By par­tic­i­pat­ing in the plas­ti­cLIFE­cy­cle work­shops, stu­dents gained valu­able insight into the chal­lenges of plas­tic waste man­age­ment. Ini­tia­tives like this play a key role in rais­ing eco­log­i­cal aware­ness and pro­mot­ing sus­tain­able devel­op­ment.

Below a pho­to col­lage from the event: