Rijkswaterstaat

Rijkswaterstaat's Circular Economy and Waste Department is the knowledge center on circular economy and waste. Our ambition is to close raw material cycles and thereby bring a circular economy closer. An economy in which we use fewer and fewer primary raw materials, prevent the generation of waste as much as possible and reuse waste in high-quality ways with the least harm to the environment.

We are the knowledge partner of the Ministry of IenW and Rijkswaterstaat internally and work closely with other governments and industry partners. Our primary activities are:

  • Co-execute the government-wide Circular Economy Program, including the From Waste to Resource program focused on waste prevention and recycling by municipalities and businesses.
  • Together with chain partners, we are working to close material or product chains by implementing projects in the areas of eco-design, sustainable procurement and recycling chains such as plastics and textiles.
  • Co-execute the broad approach to litter and the development and implementation of a litter approach for the dry RWS area, including a litter framework.
  • Support Ministry of IenW in policy and legislative and regulatory development and policy implementation.
  • Monitoring waste (policy) in the Netherlands.
  • We actively make accumulated knowledge and expertise available to Rijkswaterstaat, target groups in the market, governments and civil society organizations through meetings, our Waste Management Helpdesk, various websites, social media and maintaining contacts with target groups.

For more information, visit our website.

Contributions of Rijkswaterstaat

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  • Material selection and impact
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  • End of use
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Circular product design driver for future-proof business

  • Eddy Carree |
  • November 08, 2024 |
  • Reading time 2 minutes

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  • Rethink
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Retrospective knowledge session Refuse & Rethink

  • Djanah Radjibaly | Partners for Innovation |.
  • Oct. 06, 2024 |.
  • Reading time 2 minutes

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Webinar
  • Business models
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  • Policies and Regulations
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Retrospective Expert Café - ESPR & influence on product design.

  • Eddy Carree |
  • June 28, 2024 |.
  • Reading Time 3 minutes

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Knowledge card
  • Training / Competencies
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Knowledge Map Circular Design

  • Department of Waterways and Public Works |
  • Sept. 16, 2022 |
  • Reading time 2 minutes

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  • Material selection and impact
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  • Usage and behavior
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Inspirational guide to circular design

  • Department of Waterways and Public Works |
  • Sept. 12, 2022 |.
  • Reading time 2 minutes

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  • Usage and behavior
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  • Business models
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What is Product as a Service?

  • Department of Waterways and Public Works |
  • August 26, 2022 |
  • Reading time 2 minutes

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  • Standardization and norms
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  • Policies and Regulations
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Laws and regulations circular design

  • Department of Waterways and Public Works |
  • August 26, 2022 |
  • Reading time 2 minutes

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Article
  • Policies and Regulations
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Circular Design Policy

  • Department of Waterways and Public Works |
  • August 26, 2022 |
  • Reading time 2 minutes

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  • Rethink
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  • Material selection and impact
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Circular design in pictures

  • Department of Waterways and Public Works |
  • July 19, 2022 |
  • Reading time 2 minutes

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  • Rethink
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  • Material selection and impact
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Introducing circular design Netherlands

  • Department of Waterways and Public Works |
  • July 19, 2022 |
  • Reading time 2 minutes

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  • Business models
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Circular design in practice

  • Department of Waterways and Public Works |
  • July 19, 2022 |
  • Reading time 2 minutes

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Training
  • Rethink
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  • Material selection and impact
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Circular design electronics course

  • Department of Waterways and Public Works |
  • 13 July 2022 |EUR
  • Reading time 2 minutes

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Events from the Department of Public Works

18Jun
  • Webinar
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  • Online

Online Expert Café | Ecodesign for Sustainable Product Regulation (ESPR) & product design

As a designer or with your company, do you want to be well prepared for these upcoming European regulations such as ESPR? Then join the online Expert Café on June 18. After this webinar you will be fully informed about the latest developments around ESPR and you will know what the concrete impact is on your product design.

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15Apr
  • Workshop
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  • Utrecht

Symposium Refuse & Rethink in Design Education

Circonnect partner Rijkswaterstaat, together with Partners for Innovation, is organizing a symposium on refuse & rethink on April 15. The goal of this symposium is to increase attention to these circular strategies within education (including design, marketing and business administration).

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