Circulariteit wordt door bedrijven en overheden steeds belangrijker gevonden. Daarnaast moeten organisaties digitaliseren om concurrerend te blijven. Kan je tegelijk duurzaam worden én digitaliseren? En hoe doe je dat? Met studenten van de minor Life Cycle Management van de Hogeschool Rotterdam onderzochten …

This research project explores possible circular strategies for the sustainable denim-specialised brand Kings Of Indigo in the frame of the upcoming Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for textiles in the Netherlands. A look at notions within the industry, possible collaboration partners, and a case …

Archives are, more than ever, organizational and technological constructs, based on organizational demands, desires, and considerations influencing configuration, management, appraisal, and preservation. For that reason, they are, more than ever, distortions of reality, offering biased (and/or manipulated) …

Door de versplintering van het applicatielandschap naar de clouddiensten, zoals SaaS, IaaS of andere hosting oplossingen zijn er ook meer accounts om te beheren. Deze accounts sluiten niet altijd aan op de gewenste provisioning en daardoor ontstaan verschillende accounts waar geen overzicht en beheer …

Bulk molding compound (BMC) thermoset (bio) composites are difficult to recycle because they cannot be melted for reprocessing. However, this group of materials is often used in high-end applications where strength and lightweight materials are required, such as boat hulls, aircraft parts, car parts, …

By 2050, the world population will have increased to 9 billion (Bongaarts, 2009). This increase will lead to significant growth in waste. Construction is one of the largest raw material users (Bribian et al., 2011), and this sector consumes about 40% of the energy-related CO2 emissions (Dean et al., …

The issue of plastic marine pollution has drastically increased in recent years. The questionable management of single-use plastic items has led to a concerning environmental scenario. The European Union is desperately trying to tackle the issue. In the early months of 2019, the EU approved the single-use …

The increase in consumption of resources has led to more waste being generated, which then needs to be managed at the end of their life-cycle as waste. Current practices of waste management are not efficient as they lead to a release of emissions and a loss of value that is present in the resource, which …

Om het organisch afval zoveel mogelijk waarde te geven in de context van de stad wordt een scala aan lokale oplossingen ontwikkeld, zoals lokale wormenhotels of schillenboeren die het gft aan huis ophalen. Hoewel er hiermee meer gft gescheiden en apart verwerkt wordt is echter niet goed vast te stellen …

From the author: " This short paper argues for the need for discussion on the role social media could have in the research life cycle, particularly for Information Systems (IS) scholars. ICTs are pervasive, and their societal impact is profound. Various disciplines including those of social sciences …