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The human factor: a missing puzzle piece in the transition to a circular and biobased economy
Terms like 'circular economy' and 'biobased products' have nowadays become buzz words, but how far are…
Discussing our zero waste future with student innovators during the ReThink Waste Challenge
The student teams competing in the ReThink Waste Challenge have received essential advice from industry experts.…
Rubber from yeast, activated carbon from plums and insoles from mycelium
The 2022 Bio-based Innovation Student Challenge Europe (BISC-E) Finals were a close call. Student teams competed…
“Combining science with a business case is a valuable experience”
A leather-like material from wastewater, packing peanuts from bread and cleaning swimming water with duckweed: participants…
BISC-E stimulates biobased entrepreneurship among students
Some invent grand theoretical concepts, such as cultivating seaweed around offshore wind parks to produce biogas.…
“This competition was our ticket to the business world”
Since the Bio-based Industries Consortium 'adopted' the international student competition BISC-E in 2019, the number of…
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Proteins fermented by fungi win the ReThink Waste Challenge
Team Afterlife won first prize in the WUR ReThink Waste Challenge, with their concept of converting…
Human capital indispensable for scaling up biobased production
Over the past 30 years, WUR has co-developed many new circular products. Many of these are…
First selection WUR ReThink Waste Challenge
The jury of the WUR ReThink Waste Challenge an international student competition organised by Wageningen University…
Sustainable startups compete for AtlasInvest Entrepreneurship Grant
The University Fund Wageningen is awarding the two AtlasInvest Entrepreneurship Grants for the fourth time this…
ReThink Waste challenge 2023 launched
The ReThink Waste challenge is up and running! In Wageningen (Netherlands) last week, 27 student teams…
Students rise to the challenge: a world without waste
Zero waste, a sustainable world without waste, that is the ambition of the ReThink Waste Challenge.…
