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Witberg, Iris (author)
The environmental impacts created by human activity have exceeded planetary boundaries, leading to the need for change towards a circular economy (CE) from a linear economy. The CE aims to reduce environmental impact by focusing on responsible production and consumption. It is achieved by avoiding the outflow of materials and reducing...
master thesis 2023
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Wendt, Carla (author)
master thesis 2022
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Dirrix, Joop (author)
With the ever increasing number of wirelessly operated connected devices, the environmental consequences that this trend brings about need to be considered. This project has been carried out to explore the possibilities for transitioning industrial IoT sensor nodes into the circular economy.<br/><br/>Wireless sensor nodes are battery powered...
master thesis 2022
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Przespolewski, Adriaan (author)
This report covers the development of the Blade Barrier: A sound barrier constructed using decommissioned wind turbine blades.<br/>The ever-growing wind industry faces a composite waste problem. Wind turbine blades only last a few decades, and are difficult and therefore not economically desirable to recycle.<br/>One proposed solution to this...
master thesis 2022
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Tsoli, Dimitra (author)
3D printing is currently blooming in a lot of different industries, including fashion in the form of 3D printing onto textiles. In parallel, fashion circularity is an increasing movement that has emerged due to the negative impact that fashion creates on the life on this planet and the planet itself. Therefore, a shift to responsible consumption...
master thesis 2022
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Honkoop, Margot (author)
This graduation project focused on reducing the environmental impact of syringes on the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Erasmus University Medical Centre (MC) by designing solutions based on circular economy.<br/><br/>The ICU of Erasmus MC produces an excessive amount of waste and initiated the transition towards a circular ICU. Syringes and their...
master thesis 2022
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Deuring, Evelien (author)
Context<br/><br/>In a society where sustainability is becoming more and more relevant, disposable single use diapers are still used by 95% of parents. Every baby uses approximately 4000 diapers in their first 2,5 years of life. This is close to 160 kilos of material that is used once and then discarded. As the use of disposable diapers only...
master thesis 2022
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Boonen, Marijn (author)
With over 6 billion smartphones in use worldwide, high emissions and a considerable amount of e-waste, there is a need for a more sustainable approach. One such an approach is prolonging the use-times of smartphones, and for that repair should be popularised. This thesis examines how to prolong the use-time of smartphones through stimulating...
master thesis 2022
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Iftikhar, Noor (author)
In recent years, an increasing amount of plastic packaging waste has drawn attention from consumers, media and policymakers alike. To tackle this, the concept of a circular economy (CE) is well established in Europe through the implementation of the European Strategy for Plastics in the Circular Economy. The strategy places an importance on...
master thesis 2021
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Bessai, Riel (author)
This project considers the implications of carbon-negative materials in product design. It speculates on a future where decarbonization of different sectors of the economy increases the ubiquity of carbon-negative materials. Under these conditions, certain materials become a source of negative emissions, and their consumption benefits the planet...
master thesis 2021
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Gawde, Pranav Ravindra (author)
The principles of repair and maintenance, reuse, and repurposing of products in a circular economy aim at further minimizing the environmental impact during the use of products before being processed for recycling. However, studies on lattice structures in various fields focus on mechanical characteristics, design, and manufacturing methods....
master thesis 2021
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Thunnissen, Emma (author)
Due to current consumption patterns, the world is subject to an environmental crisis. A Circular Economy (CE), “restorative by nature” (Ellen MacArthur Foundation, 2013, p. 14), could mitigate this crisis; however, implementing circularity principles into the lifecycle is not straightforward for many products, including composites. A snowboard...
master thesis 2021
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Aliana Guardia, Marc (author)
In Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) for rapid-prototyping, the 3D printed parts usually have a short life, generating a constant stream of waste material and lost value. This issue becomes more relevant in the early stages of product development, where 3D printed prototypes become rapidly obsolete due to design iterations and advances in the...
master thesis 2021
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Visser, J.S. (author)
This graduation project focused on lowering the environmental impact in which warm beverages were drunk at NS stations by motivating user to use reusable cups. It was explored why customers currently do not use reusable cups at NS stations, which solution space can be used to motivate customers to use a reusable cup and how NS can implement this...
master thesis 2020
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Wiersema, R.M. (author)
The popularity of shared E-bikes and sustainability is rising rapidly worldwide. The shared E-bike market likes to position itself as sustainable. Still, in reality, both faulty and decommissioned E-bikes get scrapped at enormous scales. This practice is far from sustainable. The problem with the existing shared bikes is that they are subject to...
master thesis 2020
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Blaak, Nathan (author)
This thesis started with the question of ‘’What is the necessity of all packaging in food products?’’. The problem of packaging waste is undeniable, an example of the cause of packing to the environment is the ‘’plastic soup’’. Plastic packaging degrades over time, which produces microplastics. Microplastics accumulate in the environment and...
master thesis 2019
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Koelega, Julia (author)
Driven by the energy transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources aimed at mitigating global warming, the wind energy industry has increased significantly in the past decades. Until now, most research on renewable energy production is concentrated on increased efficiency and capacity and less attention is paid to possible secondary...
master thesis 2019
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Steenmeijer, Michelle (author)
The main research assignment for this project is to develop a dynamic Material Flow Analysis (MFA) model for Electrical and Electronic Equipment (EEE) companies to increase transparency on downstream product flows and to provide insight on the impacts of Reverse Logistics strategies. The assignment is carried out by conducting a theoretical...
master thesis 2017
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Voorn, A. (author)
At the moment it is shown by multiple companies that circular strategies can be part of a succesful formula. During this thesis, it was investigated what the potential of circular strategies could be for a paint dispensing manufacturer, who currently has a linear business model. Upgradability and customization seemed promising product directions...
master thesis 2017
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de Hoop, J. (author)
Since post-consumer plastics have less well defined properties compared to virgin plastics they are not widely applied in consumer products. This thesis studied the unique qualities of post-consumer plastics. Tensile tests were performed, studying the impact qualities of recycled HDPE sheets. Leading to the optimisation of sheet production of...
master thesis 2017
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