Our team of experts have different backgrounds and disciplines and work together on sustainability.

Hans van ‘t Noordende
Principal Expert

Myrèse Manshanden
Office Manager

Franka Wijnbergen
Communications & Contentspecialist

Agata van Oosten
Program Manager (Heat, Fascinating)

Kees Biesheuvel
Program Director (Circular Carbon)

Nadine Kool
Communications & Eventspecialist

Paul de Vos
Program Director (Fascinating)

Irene ten Dam
Program Manager (Circular Carbon, Separations for Circularity)

Carol Xiao
Director of Business Development

Ineke de Boer
Finance Manager

Peter de Jong
Program Director (Fascinating, Drying and Dewatering, Mild Fractionation for Food)

Geoffrey Schouten
Program Manager (Circular Plastics)

Tanja Lintmeijer
Governance Officer

Anne van der Zwaan
Program Manager (Drying and Dewatering, Mild Fractionation for Food)

Frank van Ooijen
Consultant Corporate Communications

Annita Westenbroek
Program Director (Heat)

Bram Qualm
Program Director (Fascinating)

Tjeerd Jongsma
Managing Director

Lia Bouma
Program Administration Coordinator

Ronald Korstanje
Program Director (Circular Plastics)

Otto Tobé
Program Manager (Clean Ammonia, Separations for Circularity)

Michiel Sytsma
Finance Officer

Rob Stevens
Program Director (Ammonia)

Tasneem Alazab
Junior Office Manager

Marta Konopinska
Program Manager (Circular Plastics, Industry 4.0)

Boelo Schuur
Program Director (Separations for Circularity)

Jan Sikkema
Program Director (Fascinating)

Klaartje Rietkerken
Co-Director of Stichting S-ISPT

Sascha Kersten
Program Director (LTP)

Jolanda Duits
Finance Officer
Our core team is supported by a Supervisory Board and an Academic Advisory Board.
Supervisory Board
The ISPT Supervisory Board consists of appointed representatives of ISPT participants from the process industry, academic partners and SME’s. It supervises the ISPT managing board and provides advice and counsel.

Jurgen Hoekstra
BASF

Kirsten Steinbusch
DAB

Rob Mudde
TU Delft
Academic Advisory Board
The ISPT Academic Advisory Board guarantees the scientific quality of the activities and programs of ISPT. It consists of professors and academic representatives related to ISPT.

Chair, Prof. dr. ir. S.R.A. (Sascha) Kersten
University of Twente

Prof. dr. ir. H.J. (Erik) Heeres
University of Groningen

Prof. dr. ir. RM (Remko) Boom
Wageningen University & Research

Prof. dr. ir. R. (Ruud) van Ommen
TU Delft

Marta Konopinska
Program Manager (Circular Plastics, Industry 4.0)

Timmerije: “We want to make all our products circular, wherever possible”
Cindy Bauhuis, Product Design Manager at Timmerije, advocates for a sustainable future through recycling. At Timmerije, the vision is clear: to make all plastics circular, whenever feasible. By championing recycling,...

Materialentransitie vraagt om nieuwe waardeketens
Het project TEXPOWER omvat een uniek consortium van bedrijven dat de hele waardeketen van polykatoen vertegenwoordigt. Samen zetten ze zich in voor een circulaire waardeketen.

Wageningen University & Research ontdekt nieuwe manier veilig recyclen voedselverpakkingen
Onderzoekers van Wageningen University & Research (WUR) hebben in een recent onderzoek aangetoond dat het recyclen van voedselverpakkingen, zoals plastic melkflessen, zeer uitdagend is maar met specifieke sorteermethoden wel mogelijk.

PlastiCycle 4.0 – Revolutionizing smart formulation in mechanical recycling for closing the circular value chain
Transforming plastic waste into high-quality recycled plastics. Discover how PlastiCycle 4.0 is revolutionizing mechanical recycling.

Pyrolysis of Real Packaging Plastic Waste Streams in a Fluidized-Bed Pilot Plant
Pyrolysis of different packaging plastics waste streams (DKR350) and films/foils (DKR310) was conducted at the pilot scale in a fluidized-bed reactor at 500 °C and 5 kg h−1 with the...

TEXPOWER – Textile Polycotton Waste Evaluation & Recycling
The TEXPOWER project aims to enable a transparent, circular polycotton textile value chain for a sustainable industry in the Netherlands.

Volatile organic contaminants in HDPE milk bottles along the mechanical recycling value chain, revealing origins and contamination pathways
To progress towards closed-loop recycling of plastic packages, it is vital to understand the origin of contaminants and to develop effective mitigation strategies. High-density polyethylene (HDPE) milk bottles were sampled...

Strategies to enhance the circularity of non-bottle PET packaging waste based on a detailed material characterisation
The circularity of non-bottle PET packaging remains a challenge to improve. This article discusses several ways to enhance the recyclability of various PET tray products.

Aramazing
Aramids hold untapped potential in the journey towards sustainability. We can transform these once-disposed materials into a circular value chain, reducing waste, and striving for CO2 neutrality.

Completed
MPPS – Multipurpose Plastic Sorting
This project focuses on radically innovating the way we address mechanical sorting of plastic waste.

Scenarios as input to InReP
Gain unprecedented insights into the future of the plastic value chain with our comprehensive report.

Completed
CIRCPET – Circular PET trays for perishable food applications
PET trays are currently difficult to recycle. How can we create a fully circular PET tray solution that meets market demands while minimizing environmental impact?

Completed
HOPy – Headstart on pyrolysis
HOPy wants to find a solution that mitigates the environmental impact of plastic waste and taps into its potential as a resource for creating new materials.

Completed
ReCYCLE – Electrical bike with durable circular plastic parts
ReCYCLE is a cutting-edge project that combines electric bikes with durable circular plastic parts, pushing the boundaries of innovation in sustainability.

Mono / Multilayered Plastic Sorting Based on Multi-Block Non-Negative Matrix Factorization
Plastic sorting is an essential part of waste management. However, the presence of multilayered plastic makes sorting much more challenging.

Pyrolysis of mixed plastic waste (DKR-350): Effect of washing pre-treatment and fate of chlorine
What is the effect of washing pre-treatment and fate of chlorine? The influence of different washing procedures was investigated.

Pyrolysis of mixed plastic waste: predicting the product yields
The predictability of pyrolysis yields and product composition of mixed plastics has been studied.

Sortability of packaging towards dummyplastic streams for chemical recycling
In this publication the sortability of 16 packaging materials to create 2 dummy benchmark streams was determined.

Non-Negative Matrix Factorization and Systematic Simplification of Hyperspectral Images for High-Speed Plastic Sorting
A simple and efficient procedure for the selection of essential pixels/wavelengths in HSI data sets is introduced with a high potential for application in industrial plastic sorting.

Completed
LEMPLAR – Losses & Emissions in Plastic Recycling
The plastic recycling process today has losses and emissions, such as microplastics, inks and incorrectly sorted plastics. This prevents us of closing the plastic cycle.

Carbon Transition Model for Dutch industry
The Carbon Transition Model maps out raw material, energy and emission flows in order to predict how to achieve sustainability.

Completed
InReP – An Integrated approach towards Recycling of Plastics
Recycling plastics is one of the biggest challenges the industry is facing today. This projects aims to overcome current challenges.

Completed
Towards improved circularity of polyolefin-based packaging
This project aims at improved circularity of polyolefin-based packaging materials through overcoming technological hurdles.