Poster Amsterdam Living Lab

Kitchen Sink Grinder Amsterdam food waste Difficulty to implement traditional household collection Absence of local recycling facilities and high waste contamination Living Lab Vision: directly involving citizens in testing the system Lab Activities Living Lab - Amsterdam September 2025 Kitchen Sink Grinder (KSG) to reduce volume for easier collection Goal: capture rate of 65 % of the dry matter from food waste Dynamics between participation rates, separation, and collection to be studied. Definition of scenarios and baselines Potential applications from community gardens to Dutch and Belgian agriculture Context-generic assessments are not relevant for municipal decision-making Use of a context-specific dataset generator for Life Cycle Assessment, socioeconomic analyses and business models The generator tracks losses and availability of carbon (C), nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), and potassium (K) throughout the entire production chain Context and urban challenges Ongoing Development and Discussion for LCA Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or REA. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them 2% compost 98% incinerated