The textile industry is one of the most polluting industries. To reduce its environmental impact, the entire supply chain must transition from a linear to a circular economy, making textile recycling at end-of-life critical. Stimulated by new regulations, the industry is increasingly incorporating recycled …

Bevat de volgende student-papers: Introductie paperopdracht 1. AI in de Vers Logistiek: Efficiëntie versus Duurzaamheid 2. Van Wegwerp naar Waarde: Hoe Herbruikbare Ladingdragers de Supply Chain Verduurzamen 3. Duurzaam inkopen in de mode-industrie: Werkelijke impact of greenwashing? 4. Conditiegebaseerd …

The fashion industry is among the most polluting sectors worldwide. Each year, more than 92 million tons of textile waste are generated globally, while the number of wears per garment continues to decline. In the Netherlands, on average a person owns approximately 173 clothing items, purchases about …

Two years ago, in an economically underprivileged neighbourhood, designers and researchers collaborated with residents to investigate how local community challenges could be supported by initially hypothetical autonomous urban robots that later became known as “hoodbots” (Jaskiewicz & Smit, 2024). The …

The healthcare sector ranks among the largest consumers of single-use plastics, generating substantial amounts of waste, an issue strikingly captured in Maria Koijck's breast surgery photography. To reduce the environmental impact, biobased and biodegradable polymers are promising alternatives to conventional …

A short presentation in the FAIR-R week organized at Utrecht University on Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable, and Responsible Data

Paper: CONTINUOUS THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE RECYCLING BY LOW-SHEAR EXTRUSION AND COMPRESSION MOULDING tijdens SAMPE EUROPE 2025 te Amsterdam

Paper: Repetitive Mechanical Recycling of Carbon Fibre Reinforced Polyphenylene Sulphide

The construction and demolition is a resource intensive sector, with Construction and Demolition Wastes (CDWs) considered as the largest waste streams accounting for 374 million tonnes in Europe. Although the 70% target for material recovery of CDWs set in the European Union Waste Directive Framework …

Household food waste has a significant impact on the environment and to diminish this, understanding the effectiveness of different types of interventions, alone and in combination, is key. To better understand what makes waste-reduction interventions effective, we need to disentangle different intervention …