From practice
MIEC data impact
On behalf of Summa College, for the municipality of Oss
Research that works
in practice.
Ongoing research · Research phase
Value recovery
for schools.
At schools, usable material often ends up in the general waste, and sorting and disposing of it takes time that teachers and caretakers would rather spend elsewhere. We are researching how this could work better. The idea: a dashboard that shows which materials are produced and what happens to them, and a service that takes care of collection, reuse, and recycling, so the school does not have to worry about it.
The dashboard and the service are not available yet. We are first researching, together with schools, whether and how this works.
Waste streams
What is produced and what happens to it
Concept · research phase
Reused or recycled
72%
- Paper & cardboard92%
- Metal88%
- Electronics74%
- Furniture65%
- Plastic41%
Collection and reporting handled automatically
How it could work.
01
Inventory
Map which waste streams exist and how much is produced.
02
Insight
Show what can happen to each material: reuse, recycling, or processing.
03
Collect & process
Take care of collection and processing, so the school does not have to worry about it.
04
Report
Automatically track how much has been reused and recycled, without extra admin.
Which materials qualify and what happens to any proceeds is part of the research.
Do you work at a school and want to take part? Get in touch
Research themes
What we dig into.
Waste streamsValue recoveryReuse
Circular economy
Waste streams, value recovery, and material reuse. What is produced, what is it worth, and how do you get it back into the loop?
Education dataDigital toolsAccessibility
Education
How digital tools genuinely help students, teachers, and schools, and how education data can provide insight.
PrototypesExperimentsTechnical reports
Applied technical R&D
Prototypes and experiments with new technology, to find out what works before we take it into production.
GraduationPractical assignmentsCollaboration
With students & institutions
Research together with students, schools, and knowledge institutions, for example as a graduation or practical assignment.
Waste streamsValue recoveryReuse
From question to shared knowledge.
Question. We start from a concrete, real-world problem. Data. We collect and analyse data, carefully and with privacy in mind. Prototype. We test ideas in working prototypes. Share. We share results openly, through publications, datasets, or code.
On behalf of Summa College, together with a team of teachers, students, and data analysts, we helped the municipality of Oss transition to a circular economy. We analysed data on resource use and waste streams within the municipality and developed recommendations to improve resource efficiency and reduce waste. Working closely with municipal stakeholders, we implemented data-driven solutions and tracked progress towards a more sustainable, circular economy.
Data analysis
Mapped resource use and waste streams within the municipality.
Recommendations
Concrete proposals for more efficient resource use and less waste.
Implementation
Implemented data-driven solutions with the municipality and tracked progress.
Research with us?
Are you a student, teacher, or researcher who wants to work on a question together? We would love to hear from you.
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