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€220 million for development new circular plastic systems
The Dutch Ministerraad honored the Nationaal Groeifonds proposal 'Duurzame MaterialenNL' for the part concerning circular plastics.
Circular Plastics: how to make it feasible and affordable?
In order to promote the circularity of plastics on an industrial scale, we need to work more effectively together. And that primarily means understanding each other’s roles.
Kamerbrief over verduurzaming van industrie: een stap dichter bij een groene industriepolitiek
ISPT-directeur Tjeerd Jongsma praat over verduurzaming van de industrie en de rol van het Carbon Transition Model waarmee het kabinet de CO2-output doorrekent.
FO membranes offer new market opportunities, especially for food
The FOMM research shows that an improved FO membrane combined with module configuration offers new market opportunities, especially for the food industry.
ISPT-directeur Tjeerd Jongsma over het belang van samenwerken in de energietransitie
Wat zijn de huidige uitdagingen rondom de energietransitie? ISPT-directeur Tjeerd Jogsma spreekt erover in het Financieel Dagblad (FD).
ISPT welcomes new partner Brusche Process Technology for the lead of Liquid-Out-Gas-In Reactor
What means this partnership for the (future of) process industry and how will Brusche Process Technology build the reactor together with ISPT and other partners?
The era of waste will end soon
Collaboration on converting waste streams is highly needed to create volume, to tackle technological and regulatory hurdles and meet the stringent market requirements.
Introducing Scissors: Super Critical Industrial Solution for Suspended Organic Residual Streams
The SCISSORS-project aims to research and enable the processing of sustainable Residual Streams through super critical water technology.
Circular Plastics Conference ’22: partnering up once again
Partnering up once again; join us at the Circular Plastics Conference '22.
PINcHED: final conclusion on integrating heat pumps into drying processes
PINcHED has officially completed its project concerned with establishing heat pumps integrated in drying processes. Today, drying processes account for approximately 15% of the primary energy used by Dutch industry,...
The E3C project: closing the carbon cycle
There’s no getting around it: industry has to start making their chemical processes more sustainable. One promising way to do this is to use electricity instead of fossil fuels to...
PROVE IT: CO2 emissions turned into methanol
Industry must reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to limit global warming. Technology to capture CO2 is in place. This can be introduced competitively if the captured CO2 can be put...
New Steel2Chemicals pilot unit now up and running
Steel2Chemicals is a project about connecting the chemical industry and the steel industry in order to produce synthetic naphtha, create a circular value chain and thus reduce CO2 emission. After...
The Netherlands has what it takes to play a pioneering role
When it comes to circularity and renewable energy, the Netherlands can play a pioneering role.
The Circular Plastics Initiative delivers its Roadmap
The Circular Plastics Roadmap is an interactive document that shows the steps needed to create a future where recycling has replaced incineration as the norm.
Carbon Transition Model predicts options for lowering emissions
The Carbon Transition Model maps out raw material, energy and emission flows in order to predict how to achieve sustainability.
A promising start on an alternative to Haber-Bosch
The Plasma Conversion project looked at ways to identify and realise a much cleaner industrial-scale alternative to the energy-hungry Haber-Bosch process. It has taken a number of promising first steps,...
Ammonia’s potential as an energy carrier
Kevin Rouwenhorst studies how plasma technology and metal catalysts can be combined to make ammonia from hydrogen and nitrogen.
I want to develop a novel nanofiltration membrane that offers improved performance
An interview with Chin Yin Leo, whom developed herexpertise in membrane technologies, specialising in Novel nanofiltration membrane.
Breakthrough in search for new bio-based and non-toxic building materials
There is a strong growing demand for safe bio-based and bio-degradable binding agents. However, for a long time there were no bio-based thermoset binders available on the market. The CirBind...
Chemometrics can contribute to a sustainable future
My name is Carlo Giuseppe Bertinetto and I am a researcher in ISPT’s project Towards improved circularity of polyolefin-based packaging. I believe that chemometrics, a field that combines data science...
Carbon2Value: synergy between steel and chemistry leads to reduced emissions
Carbon2Value was succesful in converting the carbon waste streams from the steel industry into building blocks for the chemical industry.
Dow and Shell demonstrate progress for lower CO2 emission crackers
Dow and Shell report progress on their technology program to electrically heat steam cracker furnaces. This will significantly reduce CO2 emissions.
Recent developments in carbon capture technologies
What do clathrates have in store for us? There are already a number of technologies available for CO2-capture. But in order to reach a carbon neutral industry by 2050, more...