Route: Circular economy
cluster question: 052 How can we create a truly circular economy so that industrial goods manufacturing depends less on primary raw materials?
The goal of this initiative is to contribute to the transition towards a circular and sustainable economy, by exploring how […]
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cluster question: 053 What are the features of a circular economy and how can we achieve it?
The Netherlands has the ambition to be a 100% circular economy by 2050, requiring a system transition: a fundamental change […]
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cluster question: 053 What are the features of a circular economy and how can we achieve it?
A hitherto unforeseen consequence of the transition to the circular economy is that the distribution of value, risk and responsibilities […]
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cluster question: 053 What are the features of a circular economy and how can we achieve it?
Prof. Reyer Gerlagh and Prof. Sjak Smulders have worked on the economic theory of a circular economy vis-a-vis an economy […]
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cluster question: 052 How can we create a truly circular economy so that industrial goods manufacturing depends less on primary raw materials?
In the past fifty years, the use of plastics has grown exponentially. Due to their versatile properties, the worldwide application […]
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cluster question: 052 How can we create a truly circular economy so that industrial goods manufacturing depends less on primary raw materials?
Plastic food packages form an important pillar under our modern urban society but simultaneously create environmental concerns. Especially the leakage […]
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cluster question: 014 How can mimicking plant photosynthesis contribute to a new green revolution?
During the last decade many methods have been developed to harvest the energy derived from solar radiation. The most advanced […]
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cluster question: 019 How should we undertake the transition to an entirely sustainable energy supply?
The development and demonstration of a compact (mobile) pyrolysis installation that directly, locally and efficiently transforms waste plastics into renewable […]
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cluster question: 052 How can we create a truly circular economy so that industrial goods manufacturing depends less on primary raw materials?
Fashion industry is known as a very unsustainable sector and has a disastrous societal and environmental impact. Over the last […]
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cluster question: 053 What are the features of a circular economy and how can we achieve it?
Waste reduction, via materials recycling or via waste prevention, is becoming ever more important to combat climate change (as materials […]
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