News

14 Feb 2024

Subsidy from Province of Drenthe

The Executive Council of the Province of Drenthe is making a €6 million grant available to the Greenwise Campus Foundation for the realization of Greenwise Campus in Emmen. In 2021, Provincial States decided to reserve the amount of €6 million from the Investment Agenda. That amount will now be made available.

12 Feb 2024

Hospital Waste Reduction Programme

Our first cross-line programme is starting to become a reality. Greenwise Circular Plastics and Greenwise Care, Welfare and Technology want to join hands and launch a programme with HTRIC to reduce hospital waste.

12 Feb 2024

Large grant for sustainable inks

NWO, the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, has awarded a major grant to the SUSINKCOAT (Sustainable inks & coatings) project.

06 Feb 2024

'Plastics not a curse but a blessing

Last week, Vincent Voet was inaugurated as lecturer in Circular Plastics at NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences.

12 Oct 2023

Sustainable Innovation Week

In the week of 14-17 November, Chemport Europe and Greenwise Circular Plastics are organising the Sustainable Innovation Week. Four full days featuring scientists, politicians, entrepreneurs, start-ups and students coming together during an inspiring programme. They will explore the developments and opportunities in green chemistry and circular plastics. During the week, the focus will be on getting acquainted, innovations and knowledge sharing.

12 Sep 2023

Working visit Minister Dijkgraaf

On Monday, Robbert Dijkgraaf made a working visit to Emmen and the Greenwise Campus that is being developed. The outgoing Minister of Education, Culture and Science wants more collaboration between the educational levels by working on continuous curricular strands. Emmen puts this into practice and is therefore a frontrunner; the Minister has also recognised this. During his working visit, Drenthe College, the municipality of Emmen and NHL Stenden provided the Minister with some insight into the developments.

24 Aug 2023

New Scientist nominates Vincent Voet

Vincent Voet has been nominated as one of the best scientific research talents of the Netherlands and Flanders. The researcher, affiliated with the Circular Plastics lectorate at NHL Stenden, is one of the fifteen nominees selected by New Scientist. During the Weekend of Science, we will find out if Vincent actually wins.

06 Jul 2023

First Doctoral Candidate NHL Stenden/University of Groningen

The Groningen Engineering Center of the University of Groningen has awarded Dr Chongnan Ye with the Best Engineering Thesis Award of the year. Dr Ye's thesis, "Design of sustainable polymer networks for advanced applications based on dynamic covalent bonds", was chosen because of the unique scientific impact, long-term relevance for society and its interdisciplinary relations.

05 Apr 2023

Plastic Soup? Close the loop

NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences and WILDLANDS Adventure Zoo Emmen are collaborating on closing the plastic cycle. In the course ‘Plastic Soup? Close the Loop!’, students of the Circular Plastics & Sustainable Plastics Lectorate inventory the various plastic streams in the park, with the goal of turning waste back into raw material.

02 Apr 2023

Municipality of Emmen purchases former bus depot

This week, the Municipal Executive of the municipality of Emmen has made a proposed decision in regard to the acquisition of the CIS Campus Emmen B.V. With the acquisition, the municipality of Emmen will have, among others, the location of the former bus depot on Dordestraat in Emmen in their hands. The intention here is build an innovation centre of the Greenwise Campus where education and business community can work together on green and smart solutions in the areas of green chemistry, energy transition, manufacturing and health care & welfare.