News and calendar
News and calendar
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Bright farmers help others navigate towards sustainability - For agriculture to be able to feed the world in 2050, rapid improvements in sustainability are needed. That’s the message Rogier Schulte will be... -
New applications for beet pulp in dishwasher detergent and leather industry - Pectin from sugar beet pulp is suitable as biobased ingredient for (dishwasher) detergents and the production of leather. This was proven by research... -
Wageningen student team successful in European competition on bio-materials - After winning the national competition, team Biosilence from Wageningen University finished as runners-up in the Bio–based Student Challenge... -
Getting creative with cellulose - It is possible to extract plant-based fibres from crops, agricultural waste, household organic waste and old clothes. Researchers at Wageningen... -
Jacco van Haveren and Harry Bitter give BNR interview on biofuels - Senior researchers Jacco van Haveren and Harry Bitter explain during the mobilityweek of the Dutch broadcaster BNR how we can make biofuels out of... -
Waste-water purification in New Delhi uses Wageningen technology - On 14 October King Willem Alexander and Queen Máxima opened a wastewater purification pilot system in New Delhi that included an important... -
Insects as replacement of animal protein gets a boost - SUSINCHAIN is a project funded with a grant from the European Union's Horizon 2020 programme. The new European research project SUSINCHAIN will start... -
Towards a circular economy - Researchers from WUR offer technical and administrative support to companies in the chemical, fashion, agricultural and food production sectors that... -
Regional collaboration: investing in a circular economy - The Netherlands is at the start of a transition towards a circular economy. That’s why Wageningen researchers are looking for opportunities and... -
Dutch are collecting much more plastic packaging - Dutch households collected much more plastic packaging waste in 2017 compared to 2014. This is the result of a detailed analysis carried out by...