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 …

A tool to calculate the environmental and economic impact of different ways to collect and process organic waste. The tool contains calculations for waste generation, transport, waste processing and application/ substitution.

description of LCA study of the Recurf materials and selected product cases compared to alternative materials and construction methods.

Discussions on policy and management initiatives to facilitate individuals throughout working careers take place without sufficient insight into how career paths are changing, how these changes are related to a modernization of life course biographies, and whether this leads to increased labour market …

The increasing rate of urbanization along with its socio-environmental impact are major global challenges. Therefore, there is a need to assess the boundaries to growth for the future development of cities by the inclusion of the assessment of the environmental carrying capacity (ECC) into spatial management. …

Nederland circulair, een eis die de Nederlandse overheid heeft vastgesteld. De Nederlandse overheid wil zorgdragen dat in 2050 de economie in Nederland 100 procent circulair is. Dit zal niet vanzelf gaan en daarom zijn er enkele stappen opgenomen om dat doel te behalen. In 2030 dient de economie in Nederland …

The overriding purpose of the thesis research is to develop new design concepts for improved and sustainable asphalt mixes. To accomplish this goal, it became necessary to reach some prerequisite goals. Determining what a sustainable asphalt means, and how that ideal is connected with the field of asphalt …

Recycling of cotton waste into high value products is a longstanding goal in textile research. The SaXcellTM process provides a chemical recycling route towards virgin fibres. In this study a Life cycle assessment (LCA) is conducted to measure the impact of the chemical recycling of cotton waste on the …

Dekker wil weten of de huidige stand van zaken met betrekking tot puin- en houtverwerking wel de meest duurzame oplossing van deze afvalstromen is. Als alternatief heeft Dekker drie voorstellen van alternatieve verwerking gedaan. Dit onderzoek is uitgevoerd om helderheid te verschaffen over de duurzaamheid …

In the current discourses on sustainable development, one can discern two main intellectual cultures: an analytic one focusing on measuring problems and prioritizing measures, (Life Cycle Analysis (LCA), Mass Flow Analysis (MFA), etc.) and; a policy/management one, focusing on long term change, change …