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The automated recycling of flexible materials such as textiles, cables and fuel cell membranes from batteries poses major challenges for modern waste management. The new European research project "FlexCycle" focus-es on the development of innovative robotics and AI solutions. With a budget of €7.5 million and 12 partners from six countries, the project aims to make recycling processes for flexible materials suitable for industrial use. Over the next four years, autonomous systems will be developed that are capable of dismantling complex structures such as clothing, electrical cables and batteries and recovering valuable components.

The recycling industry faces major challenges, especially when it comes to sort-ing plastics. The Fraunhofer Cluster of Excellence Circular Plastics Economy CCPE invites anyone interested in this topic to an online seminar on October 2, 2025, from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. The event will focus on innovative sorting technol-ogies, which are considered key to improving the recycling of plastics.

On June 27 from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m., researchers from the high-performance center hydrogen Hesse invite interested citizens, families and students to the EXPERIMINTA ScienceCenter in Frankfurt am Main for an exciting dialogue on the topic of "Hydrogen as the energy of the future". There will be hands-on stations, experiments, lectures and opportunities to talk to the research sci-entists. The event is free of charge and registration is not necessary.