CircCup - One Cup. One Cycle.
The Journey of your Cup
2. The Cups are turned into Raw Material
The cups are transported to the company Resilux. There, the collected cups are cleaned, sorted and processed into small plastic flakes. Those are called “rPET recycled material«.
3. The Raw Material is turned back into Cups
Bachmann Forming then uses these small plastic flakes to produce the beautiful new CircCups. These are then returned to the stadium, ready for the next cold drink! Thanks to your support, the cycle is complete.
4. Bar Service
Now, we wish you an exciting match with your CircCup! And if you bring back your cup to the collecting station, it will go off on a new journey.
Thank you for your support!
Description
Through the CircCup project, OST - the University of Applied Sciences of Eastern Switzerland - is working with project partners Bachmann Forming AG, Resilux Schweiz AG, Brauerei Schützengarten AG, and the SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers to establish a closed-loop system for single-use rPET cups.
At the heart of the project is the development and testing of a circular cup system in which used rPET cups are collected after use, processed, and recycled into new cups. The goal is to demonstrate that single-use cups are not necessarily waste but can be kept in the cycle as a valuable raw material.
The project is supported by Innosuisse, the Swiss Agency for Innovation Promotion, and brings together expertise from research, materials development, production, logistics, and application in a practical demonstration project.
Cooperation Partners: Bachmann Forming AG, Resilux Schweiz AG, Brauerei Schützengarten AG, Lakers Sports AG
Project Financing: Innosuisse - Schweizerische Agentur für Innovationsförderung
Institutes: IWK, IPEK und IKIK
Team
Prof. Daniel Schwendemann
IWK Institute for Materials Technology and Plastics Processing Leiter Fachbereich Compoundierung / Extrusion, Professor, Profilleiter Mechanical Engineering
+41 58 257 49 16 daniel.schwendemann@ost.ch
Gian Strickler
IWK Institute for Materials Technology and Plastics Processing Projektmitarbeiter
+41 58 257 43 24 gian.strickler@ost.ch
Ann-Kathrin Hühn
IWK Institute for Materials Technology and Plastics Processing Projektmitarbeiterin
+41 58 257 17 53 annkathrin.huehn@ost.ch
Jesaja Noser
IWK Institute for Materials Technology and Plastics Processing
+41 58 257 36 19 jesaja.noser@ost.ch
Dr. Sarah Ekanayake
IPEK Institute for Product Development, Industrial Engineering and Product Lifecycle Management Dozentin
+41 58 257 31 76 sarah.ekanayake@ost.ch
Roger Rinderer
IPEK Institute for Product Development, Industrial Engineering and Product Lifecycle Management Projektmitarbeiter
+41 58 257 42 69 roger.rinderer@ost.ch
Gianluca Wolfinger
IPEK Institute for Product Development, Industrial Engineering and Product Lifecycle Management
+41 58 257 41 56 gianluca.wolfinger@ost.ch
Prof. Dr. Stefan Kammhuber
IKIK Institute for Communication and Intercultural Competence Director Institute for Communication and Intercultural Competence
+41 58 257 45 53 stefan.kammhuber@ost.ch
