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Nationale Technologiestrategie (NTS) Actieagenda Procestechnologie

De Actieagenda Procestechnologie richt zich op het versterken van het Nederlandse verdienvermogen, de strategische relevantie en het realiseren van de klimaat- en milieudoelstellingen door innovatie in procestechnologie.
ELSA - Electrically Switchable Adsorption membranes

ReValue – Recovery of Valuable minerals with hybrid ceramic membrane crystallization

The ReValue project explores the potential of membrane crystallization, a promising technology to recover valuable compounds from aqueous streams.

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December 18, 2025

Reflecting on 2025: Building Momentum for a Livable Future

Discover here the highlights from 2025.

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September 18, 2025

The road towards a circular, climate-neutral and resilient 2050

What does the future demand from us – and from industry? Our new visual shows how ISPT navigates the path towards a circular and CO₂-neutral economy by 2050.

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September 9, 2025

Ontdek hoe processing de transitie versnelt – meld je aan voor de Rotterdam Processing Week op 1 & 2 oktober

Tijdens de Rotterdam Processing Week in Ahoy Rotterdam presenteert ISPT de laatste ontwikkelingen en uitdagingen in de energie, materialen en agro-food transities.

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July 25, 2025

ISPT brengt systeeminnovatie naar Rotterdam Processing Week 2025

ISPT presenteert tijdens de Rotterdam Processing Week de laatste inzichten en innovaties rondom energie, materialen en voedselverwerking.

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Circular Plastics
July 9, 2025

Nieuwe maatregelen voor plasticsrecycling na schrappen Plastic Taks en NCPN

De Circulaire Plastic Tafel heeft nu een set van maatregelen voorgesteld die moeten leiden tot een toename van plasticsrecycling in Nederland. Lees er meer over in dit artikel.

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June 24, 2025

From cellulose-rich waste to sustainable building blocks

In the ACB project we will use residual flows to establish a new value chain for polylactic acid (PLA): a bioplastic with the potential to replace fossil-based materials.

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ISPT Academy
ISPT event
October 05 — 07, 2026
Amersfoort, Netherlands

Applied Thermodynamics for Sustainable Chemical Engineering Course 2026

Join our Applied Thermodynamics for Sustainable Chemical Engineering Course and gain insights about physical properties of pure components and mixtures. This course, co-organised by ISPT and NPT, is tailored for...

Advanced Carbohydrates Biorefinery: From Waste to Value

Every year, large amounts of tertiary cellulose end up being incinerated. This results in unnecessary CO₂ emissions and loss of valuable material. The ACB project develops an alternative route: one...

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Otto Tobé

Program Officer (Ammonia, Separations for Circularity)

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otto.tobe@ispt.eu
ReBBloCS waste
November 21, 2024

Don’t let waste go to waste

The current system for proving that waste has been recycled into a safe product is difficult to navigate and the requirements for the End-of-Waste status are not clear. How can...

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ISPT Academy
ISPT event
January 20 — 23, 2025
Amersfoort

Advanced Distillation Technologies Course 2025

Join the Advanced Distillation Technologies Course 2025 by NPT, ISPT, and TU/e to master biorefinery design and technology. Ideal for PhD students, postdocs, and engineers.
ISPT Academy
ISPT event
December 09 — 19, 2024
Eindhoven

Biorefinery Course 2024

Join the Biorefinery Course 2024 by NPT, ISPT, and TU/e to master biorefinery design and technology. Ideal for PhD students, postdocs, and engineers.
Odysseus

Odysseus

Goal of this project is to develop a library of complementary techniques for concentrating brines beyond reverse osmosis.

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Circular recovery of ethanol

Recircanol: Circular recovery of ethanol from alkaline-ethanol media at high pH using membrane technology

This project develops nanofiltration membranes and membrane modules for alkaline-alcohol media at high pH for the purification of ethanol and caustic.

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Joint ISPT & Port of Rotterdam Conference ’24
ISPT event
February 08, 2024
Rotterdam, Netherlands

Joint ISPT & Port of Rotterdam Conference ’24

This year, the ISPT Conference proudly collaborates with the Port of Rotterdam (PoR). A promising co-production, as the 3 major transitions we are working on come together in the Port of...
TREPS deals with the removal of traces to keep a circularity loop clean

TREPS – Trace Removal Using Electrically Powered Separations

In a circular economy, traces need to be removed to keep the loop clean. TREPS deals with trace removal using electricity.

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Solutions day
External event
September 28, 2023
Den Bosch, Netherlands

Solutions Day

COAST, in collaboration with Het Waterlaboratorium and Cirmar, organizes a "Solutions Day!". The theme of this day is the transition to a circular economy, with a focus on plastics and...
NWGD symposium
External event
September 21, 2023
Wageningen, Netherlands

NWGD symposium 2023

The Netherlands Working Party on Drying (NWGD) invites you to its annual NWGD symposium on industrial drying on 21 September.
March 14, 2023

STNF introduces new separation processes to recover clean water from wastewater

The STNF project developed promosing membranes for challenging industrial water/solvent separations, indicating that the STNF membranes can be a real alternative to classical energy-intensive water treatment technologies.

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Solvent Tolerant Nanofiltration and Reverse Osmosis membranes for the purification of industrial aqueous streams

To overcome that the presence of solvents in water streams lowers membrane performance hindering their implementation in industry, new solvent tolerant polymer-grafted ceramic nanofiltration membranes were synthesised and tested.
ReBBloCS - riwald recycling

Renewable Building Blocks from Complex and wet waste Streams (ReBBloCS)

The ReBBloCS project aims to develop new circular value chains for the valorisation of complex and mixed waste streams into valuable chemical products.

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Waarom de industrie een cruciale rol speelt in het verduurzamen van de samenleving
External event
November 03, 2022
Utrecht

Dag van het Klimaatakkoord

On November 3, de Dag van het Klimaatakkoord, we will talk about the road to zero emissions in 2050.
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