Start-up Verides wins ING circulair entrepreneurship award
September 9, 2021Start-up Verides has won the ING Circulair ondernemenprijs. Verides is developing a device that could revolutionize the recycling industry.
Recycling plastic is only possible by using high-quality plastic. But separating top quality plastics from lower quality plastics has proven to be very hard. Verides has now developed a device that solves this problem.
The start-up began at the VU Demonstrator Lab, but is now based at the Amsterdam Venture Studios.
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