Full circular design, business and technology

• Wanderful.Stream maps waste streams of SMEs in the Euregio and wants to valorise them with the help of designers, technologists and business developers.

• Wanderful.stream is interdisciplinary and Euregional. As an Interreg project in the Meuse-Rhine Region, it is driving small and medium-sized enterprises towards a more circular economy. It crosses the boundaries between disciplines and the regions and initiates new collaborations.

• The name ‘stream’ does not only refer to residual flows. It also refers to important spearheads in education. The international acronym S T E M refers to Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics and adds an extra discipline with Arts. It is this S T E A M that is comring the search for new products and business models.

• Wanderful.stream is a catalyst for new circular models and products. It is driven by eight partner organisations active in Belgian and Dutch Limburg, Wallonia to the German region of Aachen.

Purpose

• Wanderful.Stream aims to coach and guide small and medium-sized enterprises free of charge in the transition to a more circular economy.

• It wants to highlight the added value of interdisciplinary cooperation across the borders of the Euregio and of different business sectors.

• Wanderful.stream aims to make interdisciplinary cross-pollination around the residual flows tangible by developing 40 prototypes of innovative products.

How

• Mapping challenges, needs and opportunities for the circular economy in the Meuse-Rhine Region. Literally and figuratively through online tools, but equally good community events.

• Making waste streams or materials visible to better match supply and demand. Do you, or your company, have (an interest in) a certain waste stream? Let us know now, because it may become a raw material for new products or spark dust for new ideas.

• Waste streams or materials valorize together with technologists, designers and business developers. This creates new ideas, opportunities and applications.

• Organizing networking and community events around different themes, topics or disciplines. From inspiration to co-creative bootcamps and workshops. Be sure to keep an eye on our calendar.

Timing

• The Interreg project started in September 2020 and runs until early 2023. In this, two cycles are similar: from the extensive analyses, via challenges and bootcamps, the innovation tracks lead to prototypes.