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May 7, 2021

Good sorting and broad cooperation to make plastics circular

During the April 29 sessions of the Circular Plastics Conference 2021 policymakers and technology providers took the stage to formulate the opportunities to create a circular plastics value chain. The...

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May 6, 2021

Reducing agricultural waste with Waste2Taste

Waste2Taste aims to reduce agricultural waste by using vegetable waste streams to generate high quality dried powders.

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Fascinating: agrofood van de toekomst
May 5, 2021

Landbouw van de toekomst “Soms dient zich een idee aan dat elke verwachting te boven gaat”

Hoe ziet de Nederlandse landbouw er in de toekomst uit?

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Duurzame landbouw: de toekomst van agrarische sector
April 15, 2021

Experts ISPT nemen eiwittransitie onder hun hoede

Een circulair landbouwsysteem vraagt om een eiwittransitie. Het programma Fascinating wist deze 4 inhoudelijke experts aan zich te binden.

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Why are we still burning plastic waste?
April 15, 2021

All players have to play their part in making plastics circular

What are key examples of current scientific progress in mechanical recycling of polymers in Western Europe and how can we link it to practical applications? And what are the criteria...

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recycling plastics
April 14, 2021

InReP: technology for high quality recycled plastics

Concerted action to tackle plastic waste and ensure its recycling The Circular Plastics Initiative aims to make plastics fully circular. To achieve this, it brings together organisations from every phase...

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April 13, 2021

Researchers of the first project in the Circular Plastics Initiative

At the Circular Plastics Initiative (CPI), we work towards a fully circular value chain, from production and use via collecting and sorting towards re-use and recycling. Our researchers are important...

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April 12, 2021

“I am looking forward to develop new ideas that can be soon applied in large-scale used plastics management”

My name is Hamid Gilvari and I was born in 1987 in Iran. I am working at the Delft University of Technology as a Postdoctoral Researcher which is part of...

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March 31, 2021

Nieuwe installatie draagt bij aan sluiting van de circulaire koolstofketen

ArcelorMittal, Dow Benelux en Tata Steel hebben een gezamenlijke uitstoot van ruim 20 miljoen ton CO2 per jaar. Door deze te verminderen kunnen zij een belangrijke bijdrage leveren aan de...

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March 29, 2021

“There are quite some challenges to overcome, but this technology can deliver great potential!”

What is the viability of pulsed compression technology for industrial purposes? This is the core of my research for ISPT’s COMPACT project. My name is Yordi Slotboom, I am 26...

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HyChain project green hydrogen
March 26, 2021

New grant for experimental hydrogen test center for open innovation

Hydrogen from renewable power sources plays a key role in the energy transition by reducing CO2 emissions related to industrial activity. Hydrogen is contributing as sustainable industry feedstock as well...

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March 24, 2021

Improving the recycling process: the need of working from an end market perspective

What are the design challenges in making plastic packaging more recyclable? What steps need to be taken to develop better defined sorting streams? Read more about the third conference day...

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ReCoVR
March 10, 2021

Recover valuable substances with ReCoVR

As a result of the growing world population, raw materials are becoming increasingly scarce. That is why we want to have a circular economy in 2050 in which all raw...

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March 8, 2021

Skills for maintenance technicians of the future

The Smart Maintenance Skillslab project brings together educational institutes (Avans Breda and ROC Tilburg) and organizations (Actemium, Dimensys, Kuehne + Nagel and Stork) to identify the necessary skills for the...

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Plastic waste
March 3, 2021

A long way to go to achieve a fully circular system

The Circular Plastics Conference 2021 offers a series of online sessions, diving deeper into specific subjects. During the second conference day, there were two parallel sessions that went more into...

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February 19, 2021

Condugo’s €1 million pilot project in (petro)chemical sector

Condugo, a specialist in energy management with offices in Antwerp and Brussels, has developed a solution tailored to large-scale industry with its Energy Hub software. The Flemish Agency for Innovation...

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Overview of technologies for (re-)use, upgrading and storage of heat
February 11, 2021

Overview of technologies for (re-)use, upgrading and storage of heat

With the help of Findest, the Institute for Sustainable Process Technology made an overview of the heat (re-)use and storage technologies.

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February 9, 2021

Dedicated collaboration is needed in realizing a full Circular Plastics society

Lessons learned at the first session of the Circular Plastics Conference 2021 Last week Thursday the first session of the Circular Plastics Conference 2021 took place. Over 100 participants gathered...

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Flexsteam heat pump
February 9, 2021

Closing our energy loops with cost-efficient heat storage technology

To achieve a fully circular economy we will have to be able to close our material and also our energy loops. Re-using, storing and upgrading energy is an essential part...

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Sustainable heat in the Dutch industry
February 4, 2021

Carbon-free heat processes can be enabled by electrically driven thermoacoustic heat pumps

The industry is a large consumer of energy and about two-thirds of the industry’s energy use is represented by heat. Often high-temperature heat is required, which is currently provided by...

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February 3, 2021

The Circular Plastics Initiative has the possibility to improve the recycling situation in different countries in Europe

My name is Mohamed Hany Abokersh and I am a Sustainability Analyst holding a PhD in Sustainable Energy and Environmental Engineering from Universitat Rovira i Virgili as a part of...

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February 2, 2021

“Part of my PhD was dedicated to the development of microplastics detection methods”

I am Liron Zada, I am a 38-year-old Postdoc at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. I am married with three children, living in the Netherlands for more than 8 years. I...

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February 1, 2021

“My study background and interest have naturally led me to circularity of materials”

My name is Juraj Petrík, I am 26 years old, and my research topic is focused on the circularity of plastics and life cycle assessment (LCA). I was introduced to...

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December 22, 2020

Electrification in industry

TKI Energy & Industry is developing a roadmap to give direction and speed to electrification in industry. What does electrification mean for large chemical complexes such as Chemelot? And what...

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