The technologies are diverse and the applications multi-faceted: sustainable design; fast and reliable sorting and highly efficient recycling processes; the closing of material cycles and reintegration of current residual materials as raw materials in economic processes.

Eastern German competencies here are proven in full-scale industrial use, from phosphorus recovery and the recycling of building materials, to the handling of composite materials.

The CIO network includes over 700 specialists from fields that range from waste avoidance, to the utilisation of high-quality secondary raw materials, reflecting the region’s core expertise in the efficient transfer of new technologies from research to practical application.