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Keynote at E-waste Collection Weeks (KU Leuven Green Office)

E-waste and urban mining: What's the social impact", focus on organisations that help to improve the social situation surrounding e-waste and illegal e-waste trade....

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World Resources Forum 2019 Antwerp on Closing Loops

Between Feb. 24th & 27th 2019 both Close the Gap and WorldLoop were part of a workshop (2 of the 6) during the World Resources Forum in Antwerp. This edition was organised together with the Public Waste Agency of Flanders (OVAM). The general theme for the Forum was ‘Closing Loops – Transi...

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Moderation of a workshop at the National Sustainability Congress in The Netherlands

In November, WorldLoop moderated a workshop at the National Sustainability Congress in s’Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands. This congress is the largest annual sustainability conference in the Netherlands. This year’s theme was “sustainable decisiveness”. During this 18th edition, organized by S...

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Kick-off of the Mobile Phone Collection pilot project

In October, WorldLoop and Close the Gap launched a pilot project on the collection of old mobile phones. Employees of Ordina, Accenture, and ENGIE were engaged through an interactive campaign to collect old phones. In total, around 700 devices were collected, which translates to about 1 phone per 10 employees....

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Vlaanderen Circulair: Community Night

In September, WorldLoop attended Vlaanderen Circulair’s Community Night. Vlaanderen Circulair, or Circular Flanders, is the hub and the inspiration for the Flemish circular economy. During the Community Night, actors within the Flemish field of Circular Economy came together. At the event, speakers talked abo...

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Belgium’s National Day & Celebration of 5th year on the throne of His Majesty King Philippe

On 21 July, which is the Belgian National Day, His Majesty King Philippe also celebrated the fifth anniversary of his kingship. On? this occasion, he invited a number of organisations to a specially set up “King’s Village” in Brussels’ Warande Park. Among the few invited organisations were Close the Gap...

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ING Sustainability Fair

On May 14, WorldLoop, together with Close the Gap, was present at the ING Sustainability Fair. The ultimate goal of this fair was to showcase ING’s (one of the biggest banks in Belgium and the Netherlands) sustainability activities. Close the Gap and WorldLoop were invited to be shown as ING’s close partner...

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Visit to WEEE Centre (during Close the Gap’s Silicon Savannah Mission to Kenya)

On March 24, WorldLoop and Close the Gap visited the Waste Electronical and Electrical Equipment Centre in Kenya, a long-term partner of WorldLoop. This visit took place in context of Close the Gap’s Silicon Savannah mission, which engaged more than 40 participants to discover the booming tech ecosystem of Ke...

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Project Manager Marnick Vanlee visits BAC in D.R. Congo

In February, WorldLoop’s Project Manager Marnick Vanlee visited D.R. Congo. Here, he met up with WorldLoop’s service partner BAC (Benelux Afro Centre). Benelux Afro Center (BAC), Groupe One and WorldLoop have joined forces to set up an e-waste recycling centre in Lubumbashi, in the south of the Democrati...

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Battery sorting workshop: WEEE Centre

In June, WorldLoop partnered with Stibat and Bebat* to facilitate training on battery sorting at the WEEE Centre Kenya. The workshop, conducted in accordance with the highest international standards, was undertaken in two parts which combined both theoretical and practical knowledge on battery sorting and stora...

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