Sustainable Healthcare
In the Netherlands, the healthcare sector is responsible for 7% of greenhouse gas emissions, 4% of all waste, and 13% of raw material consumption. In providing care, the sector therefore contributes to the climate crisis, a paradox it now seeks to overcome. This Learning Community focuses on sustainable healthcare and interdisciplinary collaboration. This means that, as part of a community, you engage and exchange knowledge with others. You share information with fellow students and provide each other with feedback. Hospitals, suppliers, and procurement organizations also participate in the Learning Community and offer professional feedback. Communication plays a key role in carrying out your project, as does involving others in your research and maintaining contact with various stakeholders.
Discover the possible projects within these themes:
Focused on redesign, logistics, recycling, and the safe processing of medical waste streams, with an emphasis on CO₂ reduction and circularity in healthcare.
Focused on the design, engineering, and prototyping of products and systems based on recycled materials and Critical Raw Materials (CRMs).
Focused on systemic change: legislation, market adoption, skills development, behavioural change, and implementation capacity.
The Learning Community Sustainable Healthcare focuses on making the healthcare sector more sustainable by reducing, reusing, and recycling material streams. Healthcare is responsible for a significant share of national waste and CO₂ emissions, which presents major opportunities for innovation. Within this community, students, educators and companies work together to analyze waste streams, develop circular systems, and create sustainable value chains for medical materials, packaging, and instruments.
Projectorganisatie & Communicatie
The project organization of this Learning Community consists of Noa Buijsman and Bart van Straten.
Noa Buijsman is the Facilitator and Coordinator of this community. In addition, she fulfills several other roles within Even Groene Vrienden.
Bart van Straten is an expert in the field of sustainability and circular healthcare. He is affiliated with the companies Van Straten Medical and Greencycl, and collaborates with various educational and governmental institutions. Together, they are responsible for facilitating co-creation and partner sessions, managing related communications, and keeping the platform and learning pathway up to date. They are supported in this by Facilitator Support James Delanghe.
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