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Plastic waste
September 21, 2020

War on plastic waste: eerst de kraan dicht, dan dweilen (press release)

Plastic is een geweldig materiaal: het is licht, multifunctioneel en goedkoop. Tegelijk vormt plastic afval een van de grote uitdagingen van onze tijd. Daarom gingen we zaterdag, tijdens World Cleanup...
Impacct
September 18, 2020

The next generation process installations

DSM, Nouryon and Huntsman researched the potential of rotating packed beds with the TU Dortmund and the Institute for Sustainable Process Technology (ISPT). RPB technology offers many advantages, as the...
R-ACES - Map Europe
September 11, 2020

Effective Energy Exchange in Industrial Clusters across Europe

New project R-ACES helps to turn industry clusters into eco-regions Press release How can European industrial parks reduce their CO2 emissions, waste, and material consumption? The European project R-ACES aims...
Imperial College London - The footprint of fossil-based plastics
September 10, 2020

Imperial College London: Plastic packaging materials have the least impactful carbon footprint

How do alternative materials perform compared to plastic when it comes to their carbon footprint? This was the central question in the research of Imperial College London and Veolia. In...
Springtij- Beach dunes
September 4, 2020

Connecting climate innovations from industry with social issues during Springtij

During the last weekend of September the annual sustainability forum Springtij takes place on the island of Terschelling. For three days government, NGOs, industry and society will focus on sustainability...
ISPT Team - Frans van den Akker ©marc van der kort
August 31, 2020

“We will all have to get used to it”

This statement is made by Frans van den Akker, Program Director at ISPT, in an interview on Industry 4.0 for the Dutch magazine Europoort Kringen. They talk about how the...
August 6, 2020

“We want to be a global leader in chemical recycling of plastics.”

In today’s world, plastic has become indispensable. The material plays an important role in almost all aspects of modern society. As a detrimental side effect, plastic waste can be found...
August 3, 2020

Carbon flows take central stage with the new Carbon Transition Model

Fundamental changes and radical transitions are crucial to achieve the CO2 emissions reduction targets. That is why our new project puts carbon flows at the center stage. In the project...
July 31, 2020

Reducing energy use and material loss by controlling agglomeration spray drying

A large fraction of powdered formulations in food industry is produced by spray drying. The major reason to use spray drying is usually the potential to achieve good powder properties....
July 30, 2020

Establishing shared values at the RiConfigure Dialogue Days

Together with experts from innovation policy and innovation practice, the RiConfigure initiative organized the online Dialogue Days session on how innovation processes can be democratized. To do so, knowledge and...
R-ACES - Eco regions map
July 28, 2020

Kick off R-ACES project

Earlier this month, the virtual kick-off meeting of R-ACES took place. The focus of R-ACES is to turn high-potential, high-impact industrial clusters into eco-regions that achieve at least a 10%...
July 21, 2020

Dedicate one day every three months to learn a new skill

Knowledge development after Covid-19 Read the Dutch version of this news item here. While we innovate for the future, the current crisis today presents major challenges for everyone. During the...

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