The Fraunhofer Cluster of Excellence Circular Plastics Economy CCPE on the way to make the plastics value added chain circular, to extract fewer fossil resources, to make products smarter, and to reduce end-of-life losses. The switchover from a linear to a circular plastics economy only succeeds with a multi-stakeholder approach. To this end, we are researching systemic, technical, and social innovations – over the entire life-cycle of plastic products. Fraunhofer CCPE combines the knowledge of six Fraunhofer Institutes: Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety, and Energy Technology UMSICHT, Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research IAP, Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology ICT, Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics IML, Fraunhofer Institute for Structural Durability and System Reliability LBF and Fraunhofer-Institut für Verfahrenstechnik und Verpackung IVV.