News for and by our members
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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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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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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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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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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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Glow-in-the-dark STD testing
Yosta de Stigter is working on a rapid, luminous STD test.
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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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