Guided tour through our production & workshop on plastic recycling
at QiTech

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Why do we offer factory tours?

With our program, we want to promote a change in thinking along the lines of "waste is not an end product". We want to show especially school children that plastic waste can be seen as an opportunity rather than a problem.

To this purpose, we first give the participants a crash course with solid knowledge on the subject of plastics and recycling and then clarify "greenwashing" and misrepresentations on the Internet and in advertisements.

QiTech Recycling workshop - picture in front of our workspace in Oppenheim

Who is QiTech then?

Starting as a small student start-up for recycled cell phone cases and keychains. Over time we have developed modular machines with which you are able to make your own filament (the "ink" for 3D printers, so to speak) from several materials.

While we sell high-quality recycled filament and granulate for further processing, we also sell the machines we use to make it by ourselves. This is how we are taking recycling, which was originally applied mainly in the industrial sector, to the local level as well.

Additionally, we ourselves are continuously researching recycling methods and the extrusion of plastic and share our know-how in public with the community.

Our QiTech team on the roof of our old production hall

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What to expect

First part - approx. 1,5 hours

Tour of the production

At the beginning, we want to give the participants a guided tour of our production and provide a transparent insight into our company history, difficulties and problems.

Things you will learn during the tour

How our 3D printers work & why the filament is needed

Preview from our shredder producing granulate
(note: participants can optionally bring their own bottle caps) 

What the extrusion (melting down) of plastic can be used for

And more ...

Live insight into our filament production with explanation of the separate steps

How the bottle caps and industrial waste are being sorted

Presentation of our injection production and explanation of what injection moulding can be used for.

What the challenges of being a small mechanical engineering startup are

Second part - approx. 1 hours

"Waste is not an end product" - Workshop

After the guided tour, we then start with our actual workshop "Waste is not an end product".

If requested, we can also focus more on chemistry or society and politics or physics and mechanical engineering here.

Our workshop program:
Table of typical types of plastic materials and recycling symbols

Chemistry crash course

Crash course on plastics (polymer types, additives, melting temperatures, daily examples)

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Table of typical types of plastic materials and recycling symbols
Image of plastic waste in Germany... What happens with our waste?
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Image of plastic waste in Germany... What happens with our waste?

What currently happens to waste in Germany

Interactive guess & answer game on the topic of waste recycling in Germany

Picture of a sorting robot for plastic waste

Types of recycling methods

Explanation about the 3 main recycling methods (thermal, mechanical and chemical recycling).

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Picture of a sorting robot for plastic waste
What are the typical difficulties when recycling plastics from our point of view?
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What are the typical difficulties when recycling plastics from our point of view?

Complications with recycling

Insight into the challenges of plastic separation from an economic perspective

"100% Recycled Logo" - How to produce completely recyclable packaging

"Designend for Recycling"

How companies need to design their products to be fully recyclable and thereby help the environment.

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"100% Recycled Logo" - How to produce completely recyclable packaging
Image of plastic waste: How a Circular Economy should work
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Image of plastic waste: How a Circular Economy should work

The future of packaging

Explanation of the Circular Economy and what the future of sustainable packaging should look like

Who leads the workshops

The workshop will be guided by Milan von dem Bussche (founder and managing director of QiTech) along with Fabia Pohl (production manager at QiTech Industries).

Since we were students ourselves recently and are about to start our studies, we know how to make a tour, workshop exciting and interactive and how to make the topic of recycling interesting for the students.

Picture of Milan von dem Bussche. He is leading the workshops together with Fabia Pohl!

Where you can find us

Since October 1, all workshops and guided tours have been taking place in our new factory building in Darmstadt, which is about 15 minutes away from the main train station.

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Do you have questions about our workshops?

Contact us!

You can reach Milan at the number below via Whats-App or SMS. Of course you can also simply contact us by e-mail. Just as you like :)
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Picture from Noel Lieder, our Head of Sales.
Milan von dem Bussche
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Pictures from our last factory tour
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