Circularity in Urban Regions

Circular paving in Amsterdam (Dutch)

How we work on circular cities

Why do we focus on cities? Globally, despite taking up just 2% of the global landmass, our urban centers consume more than 75% of natural resources, are responsible for over 50% of solid waste and emit up to 60% of greenhouse gases. In a word, cities are bulk consumers of energy, water and materials. This makes them major contributors to problems such as resource depletion, pollution and climate change. But cities are also the centers of our economy, concentrating capital, data and talent. This makes urban areas ideal spaces to develop and demonstrate innovative circular solutions – and create impact that matters.

Amsterdam recognizes this and has set clear policy goals. The city of Amsterdam committed to reducing material consumption by 50% in 2030 and becoming fully circular by 2050. The city has positioned itself as a front-runner in circular innovation. AMS Institute actively contributes to this by focusing on material infrastructures, biobased construction and data & governance.

Material infrastructures in urban areas are the physical structures that are needed to deliver services and facilitate urban life. Within this topic, we develop circular solutions for digital infrastructure, energy infrastructure, roads & waterways in public space and related logistics. Together with infrastructure, construction is responsible for the bulk of material and waste flows through the city. This is why we support knowledge development to achieve 20% biobased construction of all new residential buildings in the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area. Our expertise includes the development of biobased building materials, life cycle analysis and policy-building perspectives. Data & governance pertain to the identification, collection and creation of relevant data and monitoring systems to keep track of the circular economy transition in the city, assess impacts, support decisions and direct investments to where they accelerate the transition

The transition to a circular city requires a systems overhaul. This is why we continuously strive to develop integrated solutions in our research and innovation projects - especially when two transitions may be at odds with one another. Examples of integrated solutions are that we work on are: circular solar panels, biological soil improvement and circular logistics.

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Urban Plastic Soup

Urban plastic waste is a major source of plastic pollution in rivers and oceans. This project aims to tackle its economic, socioeconomic, and environmental impact.

CircularIT

Circular Resource Planning for IT

Circular Solar Panels Zuidoost

In this project we are extending the lifetime of solar panels by giving discarded panels a second life in Amsterdam Southeast.

Replex testing in Canals (COMPRO)

At the Bajeskwartier in Amsterdam, BAM Advies & Engineering, NPSP and AMS Institute recently installed a test rig to evaluate the use of Re-plex as a building material.

REPAiR

Building a geo-design spatial mapping tool that connects waste streams to circular business opportunities.

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Joppe van Driel

Program Developer Circularity in Urban Regions

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Joke Dufourmont

Program Developer Circularity in Urban Regions

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Menno van Dijk

Project Manager Circularity in Urban Regions

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Francesca Alberti

Project Manager Research & Innovation, Circularity in Urban Regions

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Principal Investigators

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Joop Suurmeijer

Orgaworld

Bas van Vliet

Wageningen University & Research

AMS Institute, TU Delft

Josephine van Zeben

Arjan Hassing

Gemeente Amsterdam

Huub Rijnaarts

Wageningen University & Research

Romy Snijders

Dark Matter Labs

Tamara Streefland

Metabolic

Francesca Alberti

Esma Selen Aksoy

Renzo Akkerman

Wageningen University and Research

Kyra Koning

Arjan van Timmeren

TU Delft

Maéva Dang

TU Delft

Anne van Stijn

TU Delft

Gerard van Bortel

TU Delft

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Reviving repair in the Netherlands

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EU legislation alone won't revive the Netherlands' lost art of repair.

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Discussing Timber Myths

Circularity in Urban Regions

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MADE students create elephant dung bench

Education

Five of our MSc MADE students have collaborated with ARTIS to create a sustainable park bench made of elephant dung. The project, part of a living lab, was designed to find a circular solution to ARTIS's largest organic waste stream: elephant poop.

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Bio-based construction getting into gear

Circularity in Urban Regions

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Bridges from flushed toilet paper

Circularity in Urban Regions

Currently, large flows of waste discharged in urban areas are not optimally recycled. As resources are ultimately finite, there is a growing urge to recycle waste-streams in an urban context. So, what if we could build bridges from flushed toilet paper?

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ENLARGE

Circularity in Urban Regions

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REPAiR

Circularity in Urban Regions

The REPAiR project helps local and regional authorities to reduce waste flow in 6 peri-urban European areas.

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6 Circular economy highlights

Circularity in Urban Regions

100% circular sweaters, "headphones as a service" and bridges from toilet paper - Check out an inspiring selection by a

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In the royal spotlight

Circularity in Urban Regions

At the invitation of His Majesty the King, Her Excellency Madam Halimah Yacob President of the Republic of Singapore, visited the Netherlands for a state visit on 21-22 November 2018. AMS Institute and Waternet were invited to share their innovations.

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Sustainable high-rise buildings

Circularity in Urban Regions

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Sustainable high-rise buildings

Circularity in Urban Regions

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Second-hand Solar Panels Reigersbos

Circularity in Urban Regions

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The Ideal(s) City

Circularity in Urban Regions

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Biobased plastics for nature restoration

Circularity in Urban Regions

The PRO-PHBV project has entered its experiment phase. The project is working on creating biobased plastics for both the

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Discussing Timber Myths

Circularity in Urban Regions

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Urban Plastic Soup

MADE students create elephant dung bench

Education

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Bio-based construction getting into gear

Circularity in Urban Regions

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MADE students create elephant dung bench

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Circular Paving in Amsterdam

Circularity in Urban Regions

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Circular Paving in Amsterdam

Circularity in Urban Regions

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Funding to accelerate timber building

Circularity in Urban Regions

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Flax and hemp for a circular city

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Flax and hemp for a circular city

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Flax and hemp for a circular city

Circularity in Urban Regions

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Circular cities with vertical farms

Circularity in Urban Regions

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Circular Resource Planning for IT

Circularity in Urban Regions

We only use IT hardware, like laptops or data servers, for an average of 3 to 4 years. With increasing digitization and

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Bridges from flushed toilet paper

Circularity in Urban Regions

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Bridges from flushed toilet paper

Circularity in Urban Regions

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3D Printing in the Circular City

REPAiR

Circularity in Urban Regions

The REPAiR project helps local and regional authorities to reduce waste flow in 6 peri-urban European areas.

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Prototype Circular Kitchen

Circularity in Urban Regions

TU Delft Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment hosted the presentation of the Circular Kitchen during the week of the Circular Economy.

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Singapore state visit

Circularity in Urban Regions

Singapore state visit on November 21st – in the attendance of His Majesty the King.

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Ellen van Bueren

Josephine van Zeben

Arjen van Nieuwenhuijzen

Mark van Loosdrecht

Alessandro Bozzon

Jantien Stoter

Arjan van Timmeren

Bas van Vliet

Huub Rijnaarts

Joke Dufourmont

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Jaco Quist

Menno van Dijk

Chelsea Kaandorp

Edo Abraham

Mariet Sauerwein

Lydia Giokari

Petar Koljensic

Rusne Sileryte

Joop Suurmeijer

Bas van Vliet

Foteini Setaki

Elizabeth Migoni Alejandre

Zhikai Peng

Wei-Shan Chen

Jantien Stoter

Eveline van Leeuwen

Lieke Dreijerink

Nadia Pourmohammadzia

Joke Dufourmont

Ruud Balkenende

Peter Mooij

Pablo van der Lugt

Josephine van Zeben

Arjen van Nieuwenhuijzen

Alexander Laarman

Titus Venverloo

Ruben Vrijhoef

Els Leclercq

Fabio Tejedor

Ljiljana Zlatanovic

Joppe van Driel

Monica Conthe Calvo

Arjan Hassing

Huub Rijnaarts

Romy Snijders

Tamara Streefland

Francesca Alberti

Esma Selen Aksoy

Renzo Akkerman

Kyra Koning

Arjan van Timmeren

Maéva Dang

Anne van Stijn

Gerard van Bortel

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