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platform for circular building and construction in Haarlemmermeer.
Co-financed by the local governments of the Amsterdam
Metropolitan Area, C-creators, as the platform is called, is an independent
foundation that aims to accelerate circular construction
and building through learning-by-doing and experimenting. The
platform joined forces with independent organisation Cirkelstad
(meaning ‘circle city’) that facilitates learning communities and
knowledge exchange among frontrunners in circular building. The
Board has supported the establishment of C-creators, notably
through the personal commitment Haarlemmermeer alderman
John Nederstigt. 41
Electronic/electric waste
Sorting materials is the first step towards closing the loop of
discarded e-products. The Board has encouraged the two main
waste incineration facilities to expand facilities for dismantling
electronic and electric equipment in special service centres. The
two incineration facilities do not consider reclaiming materials as
their core business, so they leave this to others. The reclamation
of two resource flows – plastics and cables – is already a viable
business. The other main resource, printed circuit Boards, is
processed abroad. New techniques can achieve higher-value
recycling, so we acted as a matchmaker between a niche company
and the Port of Amsterdam to set up an innovative recycling plant
for printed circuit Boards. This initiative is still in the making.
Non-wearable textiles
Sorting is the first step in closing the loop of the resource stream
of non-wearable textiles. We have actively supported the scaleup
Wieland, which anticipates market opportunities in textile
sorting using innovative technology as described in the previous
chapter. Generating fibres from the sorted textiles and making
new products from them is the next step. Wieland has co-initiated
two consortia: the Denim deal (see chapter 4) and a consortium
with a municipality, a textile collector and a niche company that
41 See also https://c-creators.org.