Circular Economy Innovation Team TY Challenge

Valentina Tarasco (Metrics & Assessment Lead, CIRCULÉIRE/IMR) engaging with TY student attendees during Science Week at IMR’s Mullingar office.

During Science Week Valentina Tarasco, IMR Ce Metrics & Assessment Lead co-hosted a session on sustainability and the circular economy for TY students in IMR Mullingar.

Valentina highlighted why shifting to a circular model is essential to tackle the 45% of emissions linked to how we extract and process materials. She shared what a “day in the life” working in this field looks like and then allowed the students to take over. In this interactive session students became CEOs, CSOs, Procurement, Marketing and Sales for an hour, working together to redesign products to be more sustainable. It was a really rewarding day and we are proud to play a part in shaping the innovators of tomorrow through real-world learning experiences! #LetsGetCircular #CircularEconomy #ScienceWeek2025