The Institute of Plastics and Circular Economy (IKK) at Leibniz University Hannover (LUH) is a leading research partner for sustainable plastics and circular economy solutions.
Our expertise spans intelligent mechanical recycling, bioplastics, sustainability assessment, marine biodegradability, advanced inline and offline polymer-chemical analytics, and standardization.
By combining state-of-the-art technical infrastructure with interdisciplinary research, we support industry and research partners in developing innovative, resource-efficient, and application-oriented solutions for the circular plastics economy at different TRL up to 8.
Cluster 4: Industial Technologies
Cluster 5: Energy Storage
Cluster 6: Bioeconomy
Researcher, Head of Department Recycling concepts, pre-treatment and plastics analytics
IKK - Institute of Plastics and Circular Economy
Expertise
Plastics processing and recycling
IKK develops advanced plastics recycling and processing solutions using pilot-scale extrusion, injection moulding, inline/offline polymer analytics and sustainability assessment to deliver high-quality recyclates and circular products.
Researcher, Head of Department Recycling concepts, pre-treatment and plastics analytics at IKK - Institute of Plastics and Circular Economy
Garbsen, Germany
Expertise
Plastics recycling concepts and pre-treatment
IKK develops advanced plastics recycling and pre-treatment concepts using pilot-scale recycling facilities, polymer analytics, and process engineering. Expertise includes sorting, washing, mechanical recycling, and recyclate quality assessment.
Researcher, Head of Department Recycling concepts, pre-treatment and plastics analytics at IKK - Institute of Plastics and Circular Economy
Garbsen, Germany
Expertise
IKK assesses the environmental and socio-economic impacts of plastics, products and technologies using ISO-compliant Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), circularity indicators and ecodesign to support sustainable product development.
Researcher, Head of Department Recycling concepts, pre-treatment and plastics analytics at IKK - Institute of Plastics and Circular Economy
Garbsen, Germany
Expertise
IKK provides advanced polymer characterization using FT-IR, Raman, Py-GC/MS, GPC and thermal analysis to support material development, recycling, quality control, failure analysis and process optimization.
Researcher, Head of Department Recycling concepts, pre-treatment and plastics analytics at IKK - Institute of Plastics and Circular Economy
Garbsen, Germany
Expertise
Material testing and environmental biodegradability
IKK performs destructive and non-destructive testing of plastics and composites, including mechanical, thermal, microscopic and environmental analyses to evaluate performance, durability, degradation and failure behavior.
Researcher, Head of Department Recycling concepts, pre-treatment and plastics analytics at IKK - Institute of Plastics and Circular Economy
Garbsen, Germany