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Muntgebouw
Leidseweg 90
Utrecht, Utrecht, 3531BG
Netherlands

Anja Cheriakova

Zero waste cities where all waste and residual products are being reused or recycled” - that’s the dream and the course of action De Clique has taken to heart - and in practice. Because the residual waste produced by local caterers and businesses is already been remade and re-used as fertilizer for the production of plants, foods or raw materials from which new products are being enhanced. Their station in Utrecht is just the start of their expansion to Dutch cities around the country and who knows where else.

Liesbeth Tuininga

Liesbeth is founding partner of Vanadis Power. She created a sustainable, safe and reliable energy storage system for green energy.

Marcel van de Peppel

Marcel and his colleagues have developed an innovative blend of asphalt in which part of the contents are replaced by the fastgrowing and CO2-friendly elephant grass.

Merijn Tinga

‘Plastic Soup Surfer’ Merijn takes ‘taking action for climate change’ quite literally. His creative, innovative and adventurous endeavours attract loads of attention and more importantly - they address those in the position to make change happen. Politicians, business leaders, school children … . Merijn makes sure his audience is engaged in the way they themselves can make a lasting impact on the environment. His different actions have supported concrete change in the Netherlands, from a tax deposit on small plastic bottles to awareness on the unnecessary costs schools make to have their trash recycled. His talk at TEDxUtrecht Countdown will focus on this last topic.