RecyClass and APR: Kiwa simplifies international certification of recycled plastic

As the only independent certifier in the world, Kiwa offers companies in the plastics recycling sector the opportunity to certify their business processes and products under both the European RecyClass and the American APR schemes. This allows organizations active in multiple markets to use a single international certification partner to demonstrate the quality and traceability of recycled plastic. […]

Bilfinger is supporting Nutrinova in the development of a new production facility for artificial sweeteners in Germany. The project focuses on duplicating an existing factory at a new location to ensure product availability on the global market. The facility will be a virtually identical copy of the existing factory, with an expanded layout, […]

Making plastic from sugars This is one of the projects within plesTic Ready, in which partners collaborate to bring circular plastic innovations to market faster. What if you could make plastic from sugars – entirely biobased, without fossil raw materials? That is exactly what researchers at Hanze are working on. A smart building block The […]

How is the industry performing? How are absenteeism, fleet sustainability, and employee deployment developing? To gain better insight into this, the NVRD is starting to collect industry statistics within the Industry Steering Information (BSI) project. A clearer picture of the industry With the industry statistics, we map out who our members are, what […]

For many Dutch schoolchildren, climate change is something abstract. They know it exists and worry about it, but hardly feel the consequences in their daily lives. Dikes hold back the water; life goes on. It is precisely this distance that makes it difficult to empathize with people who are confronted daily with the consequences of […]

Energieopwek recently published the figures for the second quarter. This quarterly update shows that the growth of solar and wind energy in the Netherlands is leveling off. Fewer new wind turbines are being installed, and the expansion of solar panels is also declining. At the same time, the figures show that sustainably generated electricity is being utilized better than before. A positive […]

In the most recent phase of the Hornsea 3 Offshore Wind Farm, AMS Trenchless was once again contracted by Orsted to execute the landfall drilling. This continued the long-standing partnership in which AMS previously carried out the landfall drilling for Hornsea 1 and Hornsea 2. Hornsea 3 is the largest and most technically challenging project that […]

The kick-off of the Northern Participation Learning Community took place on April 8, 2026. The learning community will be called '&SamenSpel' and is a multi-year, regional partnership focused on improving citizen participation in major societal challenges, such as the energy transition. This initiative is made possible by a multi-million investment from the Just Transition Fund Groningen-Emmen and aligns […]

The availability of clean and safe water in Europe is no longer a given. This is evident from the Urban Insight report 'Too much, too little, too polluted – Taking on Europe's water challenges' by Sweco. Climate change, outdated infrastructure, and increasing pollution are putting drinking water and wastewater systems under immense pressure. Without targeted action, public health, the economy, and nature […]

In Vriezenveen, Hydronex is working on Energiehub Twente: a local hub where the production, storage, and use of sustainable energy come together. The permit has been granted for the construction of, among other things, an electrolyzer, battery system, and trailer filling station. With this, Hydronex is taking a major step towards the local production of green hydrogen in Twente! Supplying green hydrogen This milestone makes the […]