Author: Esch-R

Han Buck, master Industrial Design student at TU Delft, is researching how she could design a more sustainable version of the infusion bag for her master graduation project. Infusion bags are a large source of hospital waste and are currently not being recycled.  Last week, Anne Traa...

Accelerating the transition from a linear to a circular healthcare sector: ESCH-R: study design and methodology 26 March, 2025 Published in: Frontiers Planetary HealthAuthors: Jilske Huijben, Erik van Raaij, Albert Wagelmans, Laura Piscicelli, Wei-Shan Chen, Bas van...

The following symposium is being organized to mark the occasion of the inaugural lecture of prof. dr. ir. Erik van Raaij. Practical detailsDate: Wednesday June 4, 2025Time Symposium: 12.15 – 15.15 – with lunch during walk-in – Erasmus Pavilion, Campus WoudesteinTime...

March 20, 2025 The first ESCH-R Community of Practice for nurses and educators took place on Thursday 20 March, moderated by Dr. Ellen Bakker (WP6 lead). Prof. dr. Kim Verhaegh highlighted the vital and impactful role of nurses in the transition toward sustainable and circular (hospital)...

On Friday 4 April, Nicole Hunfeld (PI ESCH-R) and Erik van Raaij (Projectboard member and WP4 Lead) gave a lecture at the Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management (ESHPM), as part of the course Sustainable Healthcare Organisations. Erik van Raaij discussed impact analysis,...

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

On March 4 and 5, 2025, Nicole Hunfeld, Principal Investigator (PI) for ESCH-R, presented at 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...