Ocean Plastic Turned into an Opportunity in Circular Economy

OPTOCE Article on “Ocean Plastic Turned into an Opportunity in Circular Economy” published in Cement Manufacturers Association “Cement, Energy and Environment” in June 2022: The regional project Ocean Plastic Turned into an Opportunity in Circular Economy – OPTOCE – will investigate how the involvement of private Energy Intensive Industries, like cement manufacturing, can increase the treatment capacity for Non-recyclable Plastic Wastes in China, India, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam….Pilot Demonstrations replacing coal with nonrecyclable plastic wastes will be carried out in local plants in all the countries in order to investigate and showcase the feasibility, to prove the concept under various local conditions and to uncover limitations of the practice. Lessons learned from all the Pilot demonstrations will be shared in National workshops and in the annual Regional multi-stakeholder forum enabling awareness raising, south-south capacity building and possible replication of success stories. By Dr Karstensen, Kåre Helge, Paulsen, Anneli Alatalo and Saha, Palash Kumar, Foundation for Scientific and Industrial Research (SINTEF), Oslo, Norway