FleetFlow: Circularity into every stage of the ship’s lifecycle

With the growing world population and concerns about resource scarcity, environmental pressures, and social challenges more and more industries have a growing interest in transitioning towards a circular economy.<br/><br/>In South Holland, specifically in the port of Rotterdam, the ship manufacturing sector requires fundamental change....

Embarking on a Circular Voyage: South Holland as the leading Creative Maritime Region through cross-pollination of Industry, Knowledge, and Society

The Netherlands has set the ambitious goal to have a fully circular economy by 2050. The Port of Rotterdam (PoR), the largest and busiest port in Europe, has strong potential to become a future circular hub. The PoR has been a major player in the seaport industry for centuries with, among others, a strong logistics sector and a robust...

Pantai Project 2019: Research into the feasibility of a plastic recycling business on Bali, Indonesia

Every year large quantities of plastic waste accumulate in Bali’s environment. This has a negative impact on Bali’s environment, local society and its tourist driven economy. With lacking waste management facilities and local awareness plastic waste enters Bali’s rivers, through which the waste ends up in the ocean. A concept small-scale...

Recycling of composite materials

In this report, an overview of the most common recycling methods for composite materials is created. It describes the process and recyclate characteristics, as well as the (dis)advantages of each method and the environmental and technological development. To draw conclusions on the current feasibility of composite recycling, the gathered data is...

Used Without Waste: Redesigning waste in the built environment

This Designer's Manual is written for the course AR0533 - Innovation & Sustainability. Used Without Waste invites designers, architects and engineers to unlock the design potential in humans and systems behaviors in order to search for a new balance, where waste is seen as an opportunity rather than an end’s means. In this manual, Used Without...