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Initiatives that aim to close the loop of
resource streams
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High-grade food waste processing
Waste streams from the food industry consist of valuable resources
which can be reused, for example, to produce flavouring additives.
An offshoot of a flavouring additive manufacturer is developing
plans for a bio-refinery that reclaims nutrients. This start-up works
closely together with the University of Amsterdam’s Green Campus.
To obtain sufficient residual food waste streams, cooperation is
needed with major food companies in the region. As transition
brokers, we actively supported the creation of this consortium.
Further research is needed to establish the bio-refinery.
Public greenery as a green raw material
This initiative concerns organic waste processing from the public
green space focused on recycling for energy and resources. We
helped to form a consortium consisting of a recycler, three public
authorities that provide waste material and a start-up that can
make insulation material from the reclaimed resources. A transition
broker appointed by the regional Board of local governments is
now finalising the deal.
Green Energy Factory
The production of green gas, heat, compost, citrus fuel and water
from organic waste was set up by Meerlanden, one of the region’s
main waste incineration facilities. Their Green Energy Factory was
built in Rijsenhout, just south of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol,
and uses as input vegetable, fruit and garden waste from nine
municipalities and 4,000 companies in the region. We helped set
these developments in motion by conducting thorough market
research and uniting the concerned parties.
Circular demolition and construction
Circular building and construction got a boost in 2017 through a