News and calendar
News and calendar
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08 June 2023
Converting CO2 emissions to natural gas
- Combating CO₂ emissions from industry and coal-fired power stations by turning them into natural gas – it sounds like a scenario for the... -
02 June 2023
The road to sustainable plastics by 2050 (part 2)
- By 2050 we want to achieve a fully circular economy, with only biobased or recycled plastics. But the law is not sufficiently clear and specific. For... -
01 June 2023
The road to sustainable plastics by 2050 (part 1)
- Global production is still exponentially increasing, but we want to achieve a fully circular economy by 2050, with only biobased or recycled plastics.... -
31 May 2023
7 questions to assess the circularity of packaging: production, use and end-of-life
- In a new paper published in the Journal of Waste Management, four scientists from Brunel University London, Politecnico di Milano, University of... -
23 May 2023
Start pilot cultivating rice on peatland
- Is polder rice a feasible circular alternative for cows on peatland? A pilot experiment started this week. On May 22nd, researchers from Wageningen... -
09 May 2023
Researchers make high-quality building boards from pruning waste without added glue
- Now that the housing challenge in the Netherlands is coinciding with ambitious climate targets, biobased construction is in the spotlight. Materials... -
01 May 2023
Biobased asphalt with lignin can cut emissions up to 60%
- The Dutch asphalt sector can reduce emissions by 30% to 60% by using biobased asphalt in which fossil bitumen has been replaced by lignin and other... -
07 April 2023
Making urban food production circular
- This week, a project was launched that focuses on making urban food production circular: 'Circular Urban Food Production, safe by design'. Wageningen... -
07 March 2023
Hard plastics can be recycled if they are constructed differently
- Rigid plastic is very useful but is difficult to recycle. At least, that was the case until the discovery of so-called vitrimers. Researchers of the... -
02 March 2023
What can algae do for us?
- Through a complex network of pipes in Wageningen flow billions of algae: the green gold. These microscopic creatures are richly filled with fats and...