Bedrijven die zich richten op ecologisch en sociaal herstel vinden het nog wel eens een uitdaging om hun regeneratieve praktijken goed te beschrijven. Met Wilder Land en Bamboo Import Europe hebben de auteurs een raamwerk ontwikkeld om deze praktijken in kaart te brengen en daarmee interne en externe …

This research contributes to understanding and shaping systems for OFMSW separation at urban Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs, such as offices, shops and service providers). Separating SMEs’ organic fraction of municipal solid waste (OFMSW) is both an opportunity and a serious challenge for the transition …

The European Commission aims for a full circular economy (CE), an economy that aims to reuse all resources in 2050. CE is a promising way to increase welfare and wellbeing while decreasing environmental footprints. Industrial symbiosis, in which companies exchange residuals for resource efficiency, is …

This study furthers game-based learning for circular business model innovation (CBMI), the complex, dynamic process of designing business models according to the circular economy principles. The study explores how game-play in an educational setting affects learning progress on the level of business …

In de binnenstad van Amsterdam wordt door infrastructuurproblematiek en het drukke verkeer de problematiek van bedrijfsafvalinzameling nog meer uitvergroot, naast dat de gemeente uitgesproken ambities heeft voor emissievrije stadslogistiek en de ontwikkeling van de circulaire economie. Daarom onderzoekt …

The viability of novel network-level circular business models (CBMs) is debated heavily. Many companies are hesitant to implement CBMs in their daily practice, because of the various roles, stakes and opinions and the resulting uncertainties. Testing novel CBMs prior to implementation is needed. Some …

Industrial Symbiosis Networks (ISNs) consist of firms that exchange residual materials and energy locally, in order to gain economic, environmental and/or social advantages. In practice, ISNs regularly fail when partners leave and the recovery of residual streams ends. Regarding the current societal …

The purpose of the model is to explore the influence of the design of circular business models (CBMs) on CBM viability. The model represents an Industrial Symbiosis Network (ISN) in which a processor uses the organic waste from suppliers to produce biogas and nutrient rich digestate for local reuse. …

This is a repository containing an agent-based model (code, data, documents and results) of Industrial Symbiosis Network implementation. The repository is related to the publication: Lange, K.P., Korevaar, G., Nikolic, I., Herder, P.M., 2021. Actor Behaviour and Robustness of Industrial Symbiosis Networks: …

Er zijn allerlei manieren om organisch afval decentraal te verwerken, zoals wormenhotels, voedselfietsen en composteerinstallaties. Bedrijven en gemeenten zijn echter terughoudend om deze te implementeren of op te schalen. Redenen hiervoor zijn dat regelmatig additionele kosten gemaakt moeten worden …