On 15 January the presentation of the transition agendas 'Netherlands Circular in 2050' took place. The winners were also announced for the Circular Awards. SmartCrusher was heralded the winner of the Circular Award Construction 2018
Led by jury chairman Prof. Dr. Louise Vet (NIOO-KNAW) and an expert jury, SmartCrusher was proclaimed winner Circular Award Construction 2018. The jury consisting of 7 more renowned experts in the field of circularity, namely:
- Emmo Meijer (figurehead of Top Sector Chemistry)
- Fried Kaanen (chairman of Metaalunie)
- Anne-Marie Rakhorst (entrepreneur, investor and publicist in the field of sustainability)
- Kees Veerman (Ministry of Infrastructure & Water Management)
- Bart Bleijerveld (co-founder Better Future Factory, DJ100)
- Jos Keurentjes (chairman of the Plastics transition team, Chief Scientific Officer of TNO)
- Elphi Nelissen (chairman of the Construction transition, professor of building sustainability and dean of TU / e Faculty of Architecture, director of Nelissen Ingenieursbureau BV and chairman of SER-Brabant)
The finalists for the Overall Circular Award 2018 have been selected from 140 entries in 5 categories, namely Construction, Biomass & Food, Consumer Goods, Plastics and Manufacturing.
We congratulate Closing the Loop because they won the Overall Circular Award 2018 from the 5 finalists. Closing the Loop is specialized in the recycling of phones in developing countries, which are at the end of their lifespan, and thus provides a nice social contribution.
The Awards were presented on 15 January by State Secretary Stientje van Veldhoven of Infrastructure and Water Management. View the atmosphere report (in Dutch) of the day below.
The Circular Award 2018 is part of the National Government broadly supported program (Dutch site) 'The Netherlands Circular in 2050'. For more information see the (Dutch site) Government-wide program Circular Economy en het (Dutch site) Raw Materials Agreement.