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Recycled Park: floating plastic waste turned into sustainable green space
Plastic waste is a big problem. Enormous piles of floating plastic in our oceans, drifting waste in our rivers, on our beaches and in our...
Plastic fishing using the Waste Shark
One day, Richard Hardiman, an entrepreneur from South Africa, saw a group of boys fishing plastic out of water using a net. A great idea,...
BlueCity: circular playground with balls
‘A playground where circular entrepreneurs with brains, balls, guts and fun are driving towards a future where there is no waste.’ This is how BlueCity...
The world of fungi
How do you get pupils interested in the circular economy? They all know about waste, but most of them don't know that you can use...
3D printing for a better future
Rotterdam is the hub of a rapidly-growing, innovative industry; thrilling novel applications for 3D printing are being put into practice at sites such as the...
Plants light up the city
Het Park van Morgen 2.0 is het eerste park ter wereld met verlichting op energie van planten. Biotechdesigner Ermi van Oers wil Rotterdammers bewust maken...
‘We don’t just want to talk, we want to act!’
Sustainability is gaining an increasingly prominent place on the agenda in Rotterdam’s events sector as well. Gerda IJff, manager Events at Rotterdam Topsport and Joost...
Rotterdam. Home port for innovative floating solutions.
The world’s rapidly growing population, climate change, rising sea levels, land scarcity, the continuing search for practical, sustainable solutions to economic challenges and the simple...