Young entrepreneurs present innovative ideas that contribute to the Climate Mission.

With the collective collection round, we periodically drive through the business parks to collect pallets, ICT waste, cans, batteries, and other specific waste streams from companies. We bring these to local partners who can recycle them in a high-quality manner. This way, even small quantities of these well-recyclable waste streams no longer end up in the residual waste. Raw materials are becoming scarce and increasingly expensive. With the Raw Materials Round, we focus on the smart exchange of residual and waste streams. Waste from one company becomes a valuable raw material for another. From waste to raw material.

With Zonneakker, we want to install light-permeable solar panels: the free field combined with small fruits. Cultivation of small fruits in open ground, organic, extending the season and addressing climate change. Cultivation and management in collaboration with volunteers with care needs. Landscape and ecological integration of the solar field in Wasven. Energy tailored to the needs of the farm and visitors with a circular battery and smart grid. Education program and monitoring of the solar field.

The platform was established to support companies in the transition to a circular economy. The focus is on achieving industrial symbiosis through the software tool InduSym. Companies can offer their waste streams to other companies that want to use them as raw materials. The platform facilitates the search for and offering of raw materials, enabling automatic matches with other companies. In addition to materials, vehicles, tools, spaces, services, and even personnel can also be exchanged. The platform offers opportunities for renting or leasing resources and sharing personnel. The concept of industrial symbiosis is used to utilize the waste stream of one company as raw material for another. This leads to more efficient, economically viable, and sustainable business parks. The platform also provides space for necessary knowledge sharing and acts as a circular network.

With Peel Positief, we are collaborating with pioneers to make the region net positive. For this, we are collectively working towards several goals (100% circular, absorbing more than emitting, and 100% inclusive), based on shared values (positivity, personal responsibility, inclusivity, and action). By having shared values and goals, a bond of trust is established between the pioneers, making them more inclined to help each other. This way, collaboration and knowledge sharing are strengthened.

This website will be the Climate Neutral Action Platform!

Sustainability of Industrial Park de Hurk is focused on four sub-tasks: sustainable and smart energy use, space for greenery, water and innovation, sustainable construction and closing loops. Currently, various sub-projects are underway: collective energy solutions, green walking paths, sustainable mobility, sustainable construction and work, closed loops de Hurk, communication & events, and monitoring. These are carried out by BIZ de Hurk, a collaboration among entrepreneurs in Eindhoven. The sub-projects are executed under the banner "De Hurk Werkt!" Read more about the activities in 2024 at: https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dehurkwerkt.nl%2Fnieuws%2Fdit-gaan-we-doen-in-2024%2F&data=05%7C02%7Ckristel.mooij%40eindhoven.nl%7Caf36c1b9fb34452ba34008dc5a2c84b4%7Cf3ec39e8aec4458594574b7f7d82af96%7C0%7C0%7C638484394483823402%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=2bPLUaUUdN4SsnoU1TF9NnkjWt0WXfOxQW7XWKHZcUg%3D&reserved=0

The traditional method of waste collection, where each company has its residual streams collected individually by different collectors, leads to an abundance of heavy vehicles in business parks and/or the city center. This situation causes traffic congestion, is accompanied by emissions, and affects the infrastructure. To address this, the Foundation for Business Parks Helmond is developing the resource hub. This initiative introduces small, lightweight electric vehicles that frequently visit companies to collect their separated residual streams. Central to this renewed approach is the physical hub: a strategic point where the collected residual streams are brought together for transshipment. From this hub, the residual streams are distributed to the appropriate processing or recycling facilities, resulting in a more streamlined and circular processing of residual streams.