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Interview Mare: Microplastics are everywhere, we don't know yet if that does no harm 30 January 2017
Microplastics are small pieces of plastic found in the environment. At CML research have been conducted in the distribution of these plastics on beach...
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Stans Prize 2016 for Carlos Felipe Blanco Rocha 23 January 2017
The ‘Stans Prize 2016' (for the best thesis, report or article produced by a CML student) has been awarded to Carlos Felipe Blanco Rocha. Other CML pr...
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Interdisciplinary project group wins Bouw Recycling Award 29 November 2016
An Interdisciplinary project group of the Master Industrial Ecology was awarded a prize for its project “From waste to resource, One chain with shared...
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CML highly successful in the European Institute of Technology Raw Materials programme 27 September 2016
Last week, the results of the 2016 call for proposals of the European Institute of Technology Raw Materials (EIT RM) became available. Both Leiden Uni...
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Europe is the only continent living at the expense of others 12 September 2016
Europe can only maintain its level of consumption by structurally relying on resources extracted abroad. This finding was published in the September i...
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Start Minor Sustainable Development 08 September 2016
Monday 5 September the eighth edition of the interdisciplinary Minor Sustainable Development started. With 65 students coming from more than 20 differ...
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EU-FP7 project IDREEM featured on Euronews TV 07 July 2016
IDREEM (Increasing Industrial Resource Efficiency in European Mariculture) is a European research project launched in 2012 to protect the long-term su...
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New Horizon 2020 project on Concrete Sustainability 06 July 2016
A new Horizon 2020 project has been awarded to Mingming Hu and Jeroen Guinée of the Department of Industrial Ecology of Institute of Environmental Sci...
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Bitcoins demand a huge amount of electricity 31 March 2016
Bitcoin is the most popular virtual currency to date but it is starting to have some serious physical effects on the environment. A study shows that i...
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Environmental benefits in transport sector often disappointing 29 February 2016
Eco-innovations like more economical cars do not generate the environmental benefits predicted by the manufacturers. This is the result of the so-call...
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Circular economy essential to keep the earth turning 23 February 2016
A circular economy in which all resources are reused is a prerequisite for a sustainable world. As EU president, the Netherlands can give a firm impet...
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Stans Prize for Kevin Groen 19 January 2016
The ‘Stans Prize 2015' (for the best thesis, report or article produced by a CML student) has been awarded to Kevin Groen. Other CML prizes were award...
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The city as a mine has the future 16 January 2016
In an (Dutch) interview with the regional Leiden newspaper “Leidsch Dagblad”, Ruben Huele and Ester van der Voet talk about the recently started proje...
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Family of footprints gives more complete picture of environmental damage 19 November 2015
The world abounds with different footprints that calculate human impact on the environment. Environmental specialist Kai Fang is the first person to h...
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What to do with the fruit residue from oil palm seeds: refine it into bio-ethanol or use it as fertilizer? 27 October 2015
When oil is harvested from the seeds of the oil palm tree, the fruit residue can be used to make bio-ethanol. However, it can also be used as a fertil...