This document discusses creating value from waste through examples and dilemmas. It summarizes the research program of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences' Faculty of Technology, which focuses on developing urban technology solutions through applied research projects in collaboration with companies and public organizations. The document outlines five dilemmas in creating value from waste: determining what value to preserve and for whom, issues of scale in waste collection and processing, setting up successful collaboration partnerships, ensuring waste volumes match applications, and planning for end-of-life scenarios of new applications. Examples of applied research projects addressing these dilemmas through circular approaches are also summarized.

1. CREATING VALUE FROM WAST
EXAMPLES AND DILLEMA’S
Liselotte van Dijk | Hogeschool van Amsterdam

2. Faculty of
Technology
Research programme Urban Technology
Solutions for a sustainable, liveable and connected city
6 Professors
80 employees
(teacher)researchers, project leaders,
research assistants
In collaboration with
companies and public
organisations
Collaboration
Digital Media & Creative Industries
& Business and Economics
4 million Euro
26 Projects
4000 students

3. recovery
collection
transport
reuse/repurpose
re/upcycle
local production
redesign
analysis
CIRCULAR
CITY

4. CREATING VALUE FROM WASTE
Approach
MATERIAL
PRODUCTIONDESIGN
APPLICATION
- business model
- PPP impact

5. Dilemma 1: VALUE
• What value do you want to preserve? And for whom?
• Does the client accept ‘waste’?
• Do the costs (e.g. energy) match the gains?
www.hva.nl/urbanfactory

6. Dilemma 2: SCALE
• What do you want to do centrally, what locally?
• Which technologies are suitable for small scale, which for large scale?
ReOrganise: decentralised
reuse of organic waste
• Applied research at three
urban farming locations
• Closing loops with local
entrepreneurs using
decentralised processing
techniques
www.hva.nl/reorganise

7. Dilemma 3: COLLABORATION
• How do you set-up a successful consortium?
• How do you create a balance between costs and benefits?

8. RECURF Re-using Circular Urban Fibres
and Biobased Plastics in Urban Products
biobased
feedstock
biobased
plastics
products for
interior and
exterior
textile
waste streams
fibre
processing
new material
combinations
Onderzoeksproject
(2015-2017) ism
Onderzteund door:
www.hva.nl/recurf

9. Dilemma 4: VOLUME
• Does the volume of the waste stream match the apllication?
• What are the limitations of the supply? Does it result in a steady
business?
Student start-up CoffeeBased Students Engineering with Plastic Whale

10. Dilemma 5: END-OF-LIFE
• What is the end-of-life scenario of the new appication?
• Can it be recycled again?
• How do you organise the reverse logistics?

11. Combining:
• Jute coffee bags
• Biobased plastics
In three fibre types:
• Wovens > pressing
• Non wovens > pressing
• short fibres > 3D priting
Application for Starbucks

12. Dilemma’s
1. Value: what value for whom?
2. Scale: small scale or large scale? local or central?
3. Collaboration: within the value chain or cross-sectoral?
4. Volume: does the waste volume match the application?
5. End-of-life scnario: what will be done with the new application?
CREATING VALUE
FROM WASTE
MATERIAL
PRODUCTIONDESIGN
APPLICATION

13. Liselotte van Dijk
Projectmanager Urban Factory
Inge Oskam
Professor Technical Innovation & Entrepreneurhip
Urban Technology research programme
Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences | Faculty of Technology
Weesperzijde 190 | 1097 DZ Amsterdam
Postbus 1025 | 1000 BA Amsterdam
T +31 6 20616089
E i.f. oskam@hva.nl
W www.hva.hl/urbantechnology
Twitter @ingeoskam @HvAUrbanTech