As part of its ongoing efforts to help small and medium enterprises (SMEs) working within fishing gear recycling solutions to attain greater market reach, Blue Circular Economy will present a free online research seminar on 4 March 2021.The seminar will feature a number of presentations from students and researchers at NTNU and DTU who will share some of their most recent findings.

Please note the event is free but that registration is required by emailing: [email protected]

Thursday 4 March 2021


11:45 GMT (12:45 CET) – 13:15 GMT (14:15 GMT)

*times below are given in GMT

11:45 Circular Economy through optimization-based integration of closed-loop and open-loop supply chains – A case analysis of the waste fishing gear in Norway | Hossein Arshad (PhD Student, NTNU)

12:00 Circular Business Model – An exploratory study of the logistics processes and sustainable supply chain management of SMEs and Micro- enterprises in Norway | Sardar Wasi Uddin Al Ahmed (Masters Student, NTNU)

12:15 Break

12:30 Earth-based adobe bricks from Greenlandic sediments reinforcement with discharged fishing nets | Kira Jensen (MSc, DTU)

12:45 Possible applications for waste fishing nets in construction material | Ida Maria Gieysztor Bertelsen (Post-Doc., DTU)

13:00 Summing up