Author: Esch-R

Congratulations to Han Buck, Master student Industrial Design Engineering at the ID E TU Delft, who recently graduated with a 9! Her graduation project is called ‘Circular Connectors: Improving the Environmental Impact of Infusion Bags in Hospitals’. In her graduation project, Han focused on...

On Wednesday, 19 November, an ESCH-R delegation from WP4 and WP5, together with students, visited consortium-partner Medtronic Maastricht. Mark Lazerom, Janny Boekhout, Marijke Marcheschi and Robbert Quakernaat shared Medtronic’s sustainability efforts in product development. Next, three...

Onward to a fully circular Intensive Care by 2030! “To get people on board, sharing information is crucial – preferably with visuals. Numbers help, but showing how things can be done differently works better.” Read this interview with ESCH-R’s Nicole Hunfeld in Rabo&CO about her...

Since the start of 2024, we have been working closely with our partners to rethink and redesign medical consumables and packaging, following the 10-Rs circularity framework, with the aim of propelling hospitals toward a circular future. How far have we come in our research? What educational...

Op donderdag 11 december a.s. organiseert het ESCH-R Consortium de vierde Community of Practice speciaal voor verpleegkundigen en hun opleiders; een online meeting van een uur waarin we concrete ideeën uitwisselen over hoe we met elkaar de zorg kunnen verduurzamen. Dit keer aandacht voor...

We’re excited to invite you to our second annual ESCH-R Science Day! Since the start of 2024, we have been working closely with our partners to rethink and redesign medical consumables and packaging, following the 10-Rs circularity framework, with the aim of propelling hospitals toward a...

On October 28th, the ESCH-R WP4 team gathered at the Langeveld Building in Rotterdam – the most sustainable university building in the Netherlands – for a collaborative roadmap session that will guide our work until 2028. Under the moderation of the team of Zeewaardig, and with inspiring...

On November 10 and 11, the Duurzame Dagen are taking place as part of the Koers28 programme. Koers28 is the five-year strategy for the period 2024–2028 of the Erasmus MC, with the aim is to transform healthcare into something more accessible, sustainable, and balanced. During the two days,...

Last Friday, Medtronic brought together a dynamic group of healthcare and sustainability leaders for a high-impact workshop at Schiphol Airport. The event featured a large team from the US alongside representatives from leading hospital systems across the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, the UK,...

From 29 September till 3 October, the DesHealth Autumn School took place at TU Delft, bringing together an international group of students, PhD candidates, and professionals for a deep dive learning to apply the Circular Healthcare Design Canvas to real-world healthcare...

On October 7th, during the opening day of the Medical Packaging Conference (MPC) 2025 in Frankfurt, Prof. Dr. Ir. Jan Carel Diehl represented ESCH-R as an invited panelist in Session 4: “Transforming Healthcare Through Safe and Sustainable by Design.”  His participation was...

Our fourth ESCH-R Podcast! Circular waste streams? Is that possible? In dialogue with PreZero. Join us as we explore the challenges and opportunities in transitioning healthcare towards a more circular future! On September 17, Nicole Hunfeld (ESCH-R Principal Investigator) joined Arthur...

On October 6th the team of the EWUU alliance – institute 4 a Circular Society (i4CS) visited the Delta Climate Center in Vlissingen, an inspiring initiative where education, research, and innovation come together to tackle the complex challenges of climate adaptation. Throughout the...

The annual public lecture of Erasmus MC, “Lof der Geneeskunst”, focused this year on a new field of research: Planetary Health. Speakers Marjolein van Esch, Jasper Been, and Erik van Raaij shared their knowledge about heat in the city, its health risks, and also the impact of healthcare...