Circular Economy (PPLE)
Circular Economy – University of AmsterdamThe Circular Economy course for bachelor’s students at the UvA challenged students to reflect on the way we organize our current economic system and its consequences for material flows. The circular economy, its barriers and opportunities for implementation, its impact and possible unintended consequences were studied. Context PPLE at…
Waste Transformers – Hong Kong
Waste Transformers – Hong Kong The Waste Transformers offers an innovative local solution for organic waste streams like food waste or sewage sludge. They offer modular solutions to transform waste into energy (gas, heat, electricity combination). Thereby facilitating the circular economy in locations that are otherwise difficult to service. We explored the business opportunities in…
BrouwBrood
BrouwBrood Who they are: BrouwBrood began with 4 students from the University of Amsterdam taking the course “Wetenschap in de Praktijk”. There the students were given a consultancy case for Brouwerij ’t IJ, a specialty beer maker, to see what could be done with ‘brewers spent grain’. The students found that 80% of the waste…
Roze Bunker
Roze Bunker Who they are: Roze Bunker once asked the question: “How could we change the concept of soda?”. The team wanted to replace regular soda’s to stop unnecessary transport of water. Why transport water where tap water can easily be used to produce a local soda? After deliberating and looking into different options, they began to…