Author: Esch-R

Figure 2. The 10R-value hill in the context of the ESCH-R project. Authors: Jilske Huijben, Erik van Raaij, Albert Wagelmans, Laura Piscicelli, Wei-Shan Chen, Bas van Vliet, Diederik Gommers, Dick Tibboel, Ellen Bakker, Florijn Dekkers, Redmer van Leeuwen, Jan Carel Diehl, Nicole...

On March 4 and 5, 2025, Nicole Hunfeld, Principal Investigator (PI) for ESCH-R, gave presentations at both the CRISMA Conference and the Grand Rounds of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Department of Critical Care Medicine (UPMC). On March 4, she spoke at the CRISMA Conference on...

On February 25, 2025, ESCH-R’s project board member and Workpackage 5 leader Prof. dr. Jan Carel Diehl, together with PhD Jasper Klasen, Postdoc Ayşegül Özçelik and Ir. Jotte de Koning attended the DesHealth meeting ‘Prerequisite for Achieving Resilience in the Healthcare Systems’ in...

The ESCH-R team was invited in March by Anne Traa, Vice Director, and Winfried Lange, Key Account Manager / Global Project Manager Medical Plastics, from Wittenburg Group for an insightful visit to explore their work on circular plastic compounds used to develop products used in hospitals . How...

ESCH-R Workpackage 4 second co-creation session In a circular hospital ecosystem, what value do you bring to the table?  On Tuesday, February 11th, the second co-creation session of workpackage 4 took place at Microlab in Rotterdam. With all stakeholders in the room – ranging...

Next week ESCH-R PI Nicole Hunfeld will be organizing an interactive workshop about the 10-R framework and the ESCH-R project at CRISMA – the research institute of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) in Pittsburgh, USA. Topics of this workshop? 10 R...

In the WP Lead meeting on 19 February 2025, the WP leads and project board of ESCH-R discussed how the workpackages collaborate with the companies involved in the consortium and the role each partner plays.  WP6 Lead, Ellen Bakker, provided insights into her workpackage, particularly on...

On Wednesday, February 12, ESCH-R project board member Erik van Raaij, Professor of Sustainable Procurement in Healthcare and WP 4 lead for ESCH-R presented during the third ESCH-R-webinar about sustainable procurement in the healthcare sector. Erik highlighted the critical role of...

Silke Rijcks graduated on January 29, 2025, from the Integrated Product Design master’s program at the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, with a focus on sustainable design. Together with ESCH-R PhD candidate Jasper Klasen, Silke executed a Material Flow Analysis (MFA) at the Intensive...

In a circular hospital ecosystem, what value do you bring to the table? ✅ On Tuesday, February 11th, the second co-creation session of workpackage 4 took place at Microlab in Rotterdam. With all stakeholders in the room – ranging from raw materials suppliers, Original Equipment...

The WP leaders and their PhD’s gave an update on their efforts during the first annual ESCH-R Science Day 2025. The event was chaired by PI Nicole Hunfeld (Erasmus MC) and project board member Albert Wagelmans (Erasmus University). Keynote speaker The Science Day...

On January 27th, Gupta organized a solution-based thinking workshop for PhDs and Postdocs in the ESCH-R consortium. Designed in collaboration with Gupta Strategists, Niels Hagenaars, Lisa Vogelpoel, Anouk van der Schot, and TU Delft professors Jan Carel Diehl and Jotte de Koning, the workshop...

The partnership between Wittenburg Group and ESCH-R: How do they reinforce each other? 🏥🌍 Join us as we explore the challenges and opportunities in transitioning healthcare towards a more circular future! In each episode, hosted by Nicole Hunfeld (ESCH-R Coordinator) and...

Two groups of students from the Care Innovation minor have worked on assignments for the ICU and Interventional Cardiology departments. The interdisciplinary assignments aimed to gain more knowledge and insight into so-called hotspots of materials used in these departments, with a focus on...