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Documentary Highlights the E-waste Tragedy

Electrical and Electronic Equipment (EEE), and ICT equipment in particular, is the fastest growing consumer goods sector worldwide.Unsurprisingly, the corresponding E-waste stream also presents the fastest growing waste stream in the world. But there is both value and challenge in this stream. The precious metals…

A Brief History of the Circular Economy

Today the Circular Economy is a hot topic. But what is it exactly? And, where do you start with it?   Companies, governments, schools & universities and other organizations all talk about the subject and even wrestle with it. National governments (e.g. the Dutch and Scottish)…

It’s time for a change

What we get, what we add, what we forget   This is the main problem in current linear economy, according to Jan-Paul Kimmel, one of the founding fathers of Recover-E® Program. People buy stuff (what we get), make use of it in daily work and…

RoyalHaskoningDHV viert Dag van de Duurzaamheid

Op 10-10-2013 viert ook Royal HaskoningDHV de Dag van de Duurzaamheid. We laten dan zien hoe we in ons dagelijks werk bezig zijn met het verduurzamen van de wereld. Het zwaartepunt van onze activiteiten op 10-10 ligt in Nijmegen. Daar zijn we gastheer van het…

Establishment Recover-E® Foundation

Today we made an important step in our Recover-E® initiative: we established the foundation Recover-E! One of the principles of Recover-E® is transparency in the way of working and in the reporting. The foundation aims for the initiating and facilitating of a circular economy for…