plastship (https://plastship.com/), is a new trading and service platform for buyers and sellers of regrinds, re-granulates and recyclates plus, in the near future, also of additives for tailoring the properties of recycled materials, as well as associated services. Operating under the slogan "new thinking for the circular economy", the portal's services also include consultancy in optimizing product sustainability in terms of design for recycling and the use of recyclates. The new platform is available in German and English. Managing directors are Andreas Bastian and Konstantin Humm. The principal shareholder is RIGK GmbH which has over 25 years of experience as a provider of recovery systems and recycling solutions for all kinds of plastics and packaging. plastship provides the possibility to place and buy spot volumes, for example due to overcapacities or in the form of off-spec materials, as well as standard recycling grades from continuous production. Over and above materials, the plan is also to provide a forum for buying and selling contract services ranging from grinding or warehousing to compounding. The portal also provides functionality for placing calls for bids if a search does not lead directly to a result. All the offer and search functions on the portal can be used free of charge. Commission only becomes payable once users conclude a contract between themselves.