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Develop your skills to launch your recycling activity of plastic waste.
Follow our online training to become an expert in decentralized recycling of plastic waste.
Turn plastic waste into useful local resources.
35 hours of free training on plastic waste recycling
8 courses, 66 lessons, 17 tutorial videos, 10 field videos, and much more!
Earn Plastic Odyssey Academy certifications and complete the quizzes to become an expert in decentralized plastic waste recycling.
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Decentralised recycling
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Introduction to the MOOC
Course objectives
- Understand what plastic is (polymers, monomers, additives).
- Know where plastics come from and why they are difficult to recycle.
- Identify the main impacts of plastic (environment, health, climate).
- Discover the major solutions: 5R, sorting and recycling.
6 - Recycle safely
In this course, you will learn how to make a plastic sorting and recycling unit safe, protect operators and control risks for safe and efficient work.
Course objectives Prerequisites
Course objectives
- Identify the risks of your activity
- Make workstations safe and organise internal flows
- Respond in the event of an accident
- Use PPE correctly and adopt good postures.
7 - Preventive maintenance
In this course, you will discover how to organise and plan preventive maintenance in a recycling unit. You will learn to anticipate breakdowns, monitor critical machines and ensure production continuity while controlling costs and operator safety.
Course objectives Prerequisites
Prerequisites
Optional:
Course 3 - Organise waste collection
Required:
Course 2: Identify and sort plastics
Course 4: Prepare material for recycling
Course 5: Shape molten plastic
Course 6: Recycle safely
Course objectives
- Understand the difference between preventive and corrective maintenance and their role in production.
- Identify critical equipment and define priority checkpoints.
- Plan and organise regular interventions to ensure machine reliability and service life.
- Track key performance indicators (KPIs) to optimise the maintenance plan and reduce operating costs.