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RISORCE has generated 1.2m Euro investment to create a new tyre recycling plant in the Belgian province of Liege
RISORCE will deploy a pyrolysis process that mainly produces oil as a byproduct from the tyres
which will be sold as a raw material to European petrochemical companies
Founder & CEO of RISORCE started; “RISORCE meets a need for local solutions in Belgium for processing tyre waste
while at the same time being firmly committed to a circular economy approach
“We are offering a locally-based solution that is both technologically and environmentally robust
The funding is raised from a group of investors that includes GREEN.er (Recytyre), Liege investment fund Noshaq, Wallonie Entreprendre and others
With plans to accommodate six waste tyre processing units on the site
the project will process 18,000 tons of tyre granules annually
equivalent to 2,400,000 tyres per year.
Chris Lorquet, CEO of Recytyre
commented; “The traditional rubber recycling industry is at a turning point
The future of material circularity lies in the chemical processing of tyre components
“ An oblique reference to the recently imposed ban on crumb rubber infill
Lorquet continued; “The RISORCE pyrolysis project is a fine example of this
I am also very pleased that this initiative is based in Wallonia
The GREEN.er fund was created to support the development of such industries at a local level.”
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What did psychology student Jessie learn while working at a psychiatric hospital in The Gambia
And why is Noman from Yemen now studying political science in Leiden
students have the opportunity to spend time abroad funded by a LUF grant
Jessie and Noman talk about their remarkable experiences
An abbreviated version of this article appeared in Leidraad, our alumni magazine. The full magazine is available online.
‘The hospital was a bit like a dumping ground for the community’s unwanted’
‘In a lecture on cross-cultural psychology in Leiden
the lecturer told us that almost all psychological research is based on a very small part of the world’s population: most respondents are western
so I arranged to do an internship at a psychiatric hospital in The Gambia
The hospital was a bit like a dumping ground for the community’s unwanted: people with all sorts of problems ended up there
a psychotic patient killed two other patients
It was a terrible incident and was unheard-of there too
While I was there I learned that it isn’t just about practising psychotherapy; it’s all about gaining the patient’s trust. There was one woman who was confused and threw a bucket of paint over herself
but took the time to wash the paint out of her hair and eyelashes
you would leave a job like that to the nursing staff
They hardly kept any medical records in the hospital
so the staff had more time for the patients
An internship abroad is even more of a learning opportunity because you end up in a completely different world
Before I went abroad I had already decided that I wanted to work with traumatised former child soldiers and the internship only confirmed that.’
‘The civil war in Yemen left me stranded in Egypt’
preventing me and many other Yemenites from returning home
That was especially problematic for people who were ill
I became involved in the Stranded Yemenis charity and helped raise money for cancer patients
It’s partly because of this experience that I find issues such as civil rights and the status of migrants particularly interesting
‘I really wanted to study Political Science in Leiden because of the specialisation Nationalism
It wouldn’t have been possible without the Kuiper-Overpelt Funds
One of the conditions of the grant is that I have to share my new knowledge with local communities
After my Master’s I want to work for an NGO in the Middle East and eventually help people in Yemen once things have settled down there
But before that I also want to work for an NGO in Leiden
It’s so important to be part of a close-knit community.’
Would you like to donate towards grants for talented students? Discover the possibilities at www.luf.nl/draag-bij. For more information, contact Eline Danker on 071 513 0503 or at e.danker@luf.leidenuniv.nl
Photo courtesy of Save Our Schools Network
Philippines – A school for a tribal community in a remote village in Bukidnon was demolished by about 50 armed men on August 26
the Save Our Schools Network (SOS) said Saturday
belonged to the Mindanao Interfaith Services Foundation Inc
Their statement said teachers witnessed the incident that happened around 7:15 am
when they were on their farms when alerted by a student
They arrived at the school seeing armed mean tearing down the school and tearing up textbooks
“The teachers were about to take photos of the incident but were threatened by the ‘Bagani’ leader Lito Gambay
who told them to leave as President Duterte will know about this,” SOS said on its Facebook post
The two school buildings and a teacher’s cottage were built in 2007 and was funded by the European Union Aid and SFO-Overpelt of Belgium
“The Save Our Schools condemn in strongest terms the unabated destruction and closure of Lumad schools in Mindanao,” the group said
SOS said that the community has identified Gambay as a leader of the paramilitary called Bagani under the command of the Philippine Army’s 89th Infantry Battalion (89IB)
The commander identified Gambay as a former New People’s Army fighter
who surrendered to his battalion last year
and is now a tribal warrior defending his community
He has no 89IB identification card or a gun issued by the Army,” Trasmontero said
Trasmontero said he has no paramilitary in his area of responsibility
only the Citizen Armed Forces Geographical Unit
The army officer also said they have no hand in the demolition of the MISFI school buildings since it was initiated by the tribal community themselves
He said the school has been vacated when the Department of Education has established its schools in Barngay Matupe where 52 former MISFI Academy students have transferred
the 89IB has assisted government agencies in building schools for the lumad communities in at least seven tribal communities in San Fernando and Kitatao towns in Bukidnon
But the SOS said the 89IB’s move is “hypocrisy” for not acting on the destruction of the tribal school yet paraded Gambay during the opening of the DepEd schools
MISFI said its school in Laburon has the approval of the Department of Education (DepEd)
“The school campus [in Laburon] is more than a decade old and has the Dep-Ed permit as Government Recognition status,” MISFI said
The SOS said there have been 178 tribal schools in Mindanao that were forcibly closed by the government
kalenderdo 23 juli 2020Oud-motorcrosser Dirk Geukens onverwacht overledenDroevig nieuws uit de motorcrosswereld
Gisteravond overleed Dirk Geukens totaal onverwacht op 57-jarige leeftijd
De crosser uit Balen was een tijdgenoot van Eric Geboers
In 1990 en 1991 werd Geukens tweemaal derde in het WK 500cc
Hij won in in die periode 2 Grote Prijzen.