Plastics are a valuable resource
that can contribute to climate protection. Pöppelmann's Zukunftsmobil
("Future Mobile") educates schools, for example, about precisely
this. With interactive workshops, it combines knowledge transfer about plastics
with practical learning and shows children and young people the diverse
possibilities and potential of plastics recycling and the Circular Economy.
In an interview with K-Mag, Nick
Link talks about what set the ball rolling for the development of the
Zukunftsmobil, how it has developed into a mobile educational project and why
it is so important to get young people interested in the sustainable use of
plastics.
Mr Link, with the Zukunftsmobil
(formerly the Kunststoffmobil), you want to bring young people closer to the
topic of plastics. How did the idea come about?
Nick Link: One of our managing
directors came up with the idea of using this plastic recycling project for
public relations work with the support of our trainees via the "Precious
Plastic" approach by industrial designer Dave Hakkens.
Together with members of our
company's youth and apprentice representatives, the technical training
management then developed a concept for the Kunststoffmobil initiative, which
has since been renamed "Zukunftsmobil". Two aspects took centre stage:
firstly, the trainees were to act as ambassadors for their industry and
disseminate information about plastics, recycling and the Circular Economy to
the public. Secondly, in connection with their special commitment, they were to
be given the opportunity to expand their expertise beyond their actual field of
work. This is because the initiative brings them into contact with business
processes and project management working methods. The concept convinced the
Pöppelmann advisory board and management and so the Kunststoffmobil initiative
was launched in spring 2018.
