Breaking down waste and building it up like legoFor years, we've diligently sorted our waste, but a significant portion of the waste stream remains (yet) unrecyclable. The University of Twente, in collaboration with companies, is researching how to create new products from complex and 'wet' waste streams. This involves efficiently isolating chemical components used in new materials. The multi-year project ReBBloCS - Renewable Building Blocks from Complex and Wet Waste - began last year with a subsidy of €3.8 million from the Netherlands Enterprise Agency.
From potato to candyThe waste from potatoes as a source for candy, vegan cheese or other food products. Thanks to UT researcher Sissi de Beer, also director of the Applied Physics programme, it will be possible. She develops innovative separation technologies that are much less harmful to our environment. Sissi and her team received a substantial research grant from NWO a few years ago and the first significant results are now being achieved.
Filter