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  1. Recycling plastic in a pressure cooker

    The problem with plastic recycling is that discarded plastic is dirty, which hinders the process. However, according to co-founder Diederik Jaspers, the company Obbotec has a solution.

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  2. Toilet filter collects medicine residues

    Mattijs Maris, from the start-up company Zereau, wants to install filters in toilets to remove medicines and related raw materials from wastewater.

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  3. Insight in mixed plastics with large scale heat measurements

    Jeroen Glansdorp is developing scanning technology that can identify the types of plastic contained in mixed waste, enabling more effective recycling.

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  4. One tube to clean it all!

    Hannah Roth creates tiny filters to filter water or blood and tries to combine materials to improve the filtration properties.

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  5. FDCA building block from sugars for biobased plastic

    Marc Lankveld explains how start-up Tasseikan is producing an important building block for PEF, the biobased plastic that can replace PET.

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  6. Glow-in-the-dark STD testing

    Yosta de Stigter is working on a rapid, luminous STD test.

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  7. Biobtx develops technology for sustainable aromatics

    BioBTX has developed technology to sustainably manufacture high-performance materials by converting waste into chemical building blocks.

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