urban mining

Recycling is the process of converting waste materials into new materials and objects. It is an alternative to "conventional" waste disposal that can save material and help lower greenhouse gas emissions (compared to plastic production for example). Recycling can prevent the waste of potentially useful materials and reduce the consumption of fresh raw materials, thereby reducing: energy usage, air pollution (from incineration), and water pollution (from landfilling).

 

Event

24-06-2021

Amsterdam Science Park one-day-walk

Walk through the 'eyes' of the other! Anna’s Tuin & Ruigte, Jeugdland, Buurderij Polder and Waag organise a one-day-walk past local initiatives.

 

Article

15-06-2021

Let's start a Zoöp! For more biodiversity

Is a so-called Zoöp a way to embed ecology into urban development? Waag spoke to Klaas Kuitenbrouwer (Het Nieuwe Instituut) about this.

 

Event

15-04-2021

The Building as Being Symposium Part 3: Matter

Esmee Geerken and Waag invite you to the Symposium series Building as Being. Here, we discuss new ways of urban design strategies.

 

Article

22-03-2021

Esmee Geerken's research into building in funny and absurd ways

Esmee Geerken wants to discover how we can build in harmony with our surroundings and other living species. Walk along with her and artist collective De Onkruidenier, and visit the online symposium Building as Being!

 

Event

15-03-2021

The Building as Being Symposium part 2: The Mind

Esmee Geerken and Waag invite you to the Symposium series Building as Being. Here, we discuss new ways of urban design strategies.

 

Event

3-12-2020

‘Building as Being': walk with Esmee Geerken

How can we build harmonious relations with our surroundings and ecology? Join artistic researcher Esmee Geerken and De Onkruidenier at Amsterdam Science Park (programme in Dutch).

 

Event

15-11-2020

The Building as Being Symposium part 1: The City

Op dit driedelige symposium bespreken we nieuwe stedelijke ontwerp-strategieën vanuit verrassende invalshoeken: biologie, levende materie en sociologie.

 

Event

8-02-2018

Smart Citizens Lab workshop #2: 'phonvert', to ideate alternative usage of old smartphones

As big corporations create new models of smartphones each year, many capable yet less desirable retired smartphones pile up. In this workshop we will work in small groups to think together on how to phonvert in various social contexts.

 

Project

4-08-2017

Prospecting the urban mines of Amsterdam

Amsterdam can be seen as an urban mine. In a circular economy, under conditions, the metals of Amsterdam can be mined. Waag made a geological map of the built environment of Amsterdam.

 

Article

22-12-2016

Map shows retrievable metals in buildings

On the new website of PUMA (Prospecting Urban Mines of Amsterdam) you’ll find the first prospecting map of Amsterdam (the Netherlands) as a mining area for steel and copper. Houses contain as much steel and copper to be able to see them as source of materials on the long-term.

 

Article

31-01-2016

Fairtrade certified gold in Fairphone 2

Fairtrade certified gold is now part of the Fairphone 2 supply chain. Fairphone 2 owners are supporting Fairtrade gold miners and their communities in Peru.

 

Article

5-11-2013

Urban mining in Zapplive

The live tv programme Zapplive on 7 November at 17.15 hrs featured another DIY-tech item. This time, Lukie & Fairphone dissected old mobiles with the kids.

 

Article

31-01-2013

Urban mining in the classroom

Our project developer Karien Vermeulen talks to the Dutch Education magazine about our experience with creating GPS routes and urban mining in the classroom.

 

Project

23-12-2012

Urban mining workshops

Waag together with FairPhone organized workshops on commission base for education, organisations or companies. In an urban mining workshop, participants will find out what our mobile phones are made of and what resources they contain.

 

Article

19-11-2012

Urban mining in Brandpunt

On 18 November the Dutch television organisation KRO broadcasted a report about tin mining.

 

Event

28-08-2012

Urban Mining at the Discovery Festival

The Discovery Festival is a night out with content: exciting science experiments, music, art and inspiring new ideas. It's all about the thrill of discovering new things. During the night you can join our Urban Mining workshops, which are part of our project FairPhone.

 

Event

10-07-2012

Waag at Llowlab 2012

Dit jaar zal Waag weer aanwezig zijn op het Llowlab tijdens het Lowlands Festival. Op dit eiland kunnen feestgangers kennismaken met wetenschap, duurzaamheid en innovatie. In samenwerking met de TU Delft zet FairPhone speciaal voor het festival een unieke productielijn op, waarmee jouw lege bioplastic bekertjes om worden gesmolten tot draad. Met een 3D printer maken wij hier vervolgens 'sleeves' voor op je mobiele telefoon van.

 

Project

8-03-2012

Fairphone

A phone which combines beauty, innovation en user friendliness and which respects human rights.