Presentatie voor en over het Circulaire Acceleratie programma, waarin ik samenwerk met Jacqueline Hofstede, directeur van Ynova Innovations te Sneek.

The impact of the construction industry on the natural environment is severe, natural areas are changedinto predominantly hard solid surfaces, the energy use in the built environment is high and the industryputs huge claims on materials.

This is a serious game called Re-Organise. It is a cooperative board game about creating closed loops in the circular economy. The game represents an agro-industrial park in which different types of companies aim to use each other's waste streams as a material and/or energy resource. To do so, the players …

In 2050 moet de Nederlandse economie volledig circulair zijn, maar volgens het onlangs verschenen rapport ‘Integrale Circulaire-Economie Rapportage 2021’ van (onder andere) het Planbureau voor de Leefomgeving, het CBS en het RIVM wil dat nog niet erg vlotten. In 2030 moeten we halverwege zijn met het …

circular economy as a system change is gaining more attention, reusing materials and products is part of this, but an effective method for repurposing seems to be missing. Repurpose is a strategy which uses a discarded product or its parts in a new product with a different function. Literature on specific …

The Dutch government and leading academics in the field of circular economy propose that “repurposing”, i.e., finding new usages for discarded material, is important to reduce resource usage. Waste collectors, municipalities and start-ups increasingly find ways to develop circular business models, aiming …

In 2050 moet de Nederlandse economie volledig circulair zijn: alles wat we willen maken, behalve voedsel, wordt dan vervaardigd van bestaande grondstoffen of onderdelen en hergebruikte materialen. In 2030 moeten we halverwege zijn, maar ook dat gaat hoogstwaarschijnlijk niet lukken.

8 Strategies for Circular Design envisions buildings as the crucible of a circular economy, where their construction, deconstruction, and maintenance are the staging grounds for a future without waste. Rethinking our building strategies redefines a building’s value, which is the worth of all the spaces, …

Op 18 december 2020 werd er weer een (online) ClimateCafé georganiseerd. Deze keer met als onderwerp ' Hoe maak je plastic circulair?' met presentaties van Ramon Knoester en Floris Boogaard.

Recent economic crises, environmental problems and social challenges have urged us to drastically change our consumption and production patterns and transform organisations to contribute to socio-technical transitions that positively impact these challenges. Therefore, sustainable development and the …