NHL Stenden and Omrin continue building a circular campus
Collecting waste? That’s not what this partnership is about.
NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences and waste and resource company Omrin are continuing their collaboration as partners in sustainability, innovation and education. Following a tender process, Omrin has once again been selected. What makes this agreement stand out is, above all, how it came about.
Selected for vision and ambition
In this tender, the focus was not solely on price and logistics. NHL Stenden deliberately chose an approach where shared ambitions, future perspective and sustainability were leading. The key question was not just: who processes our waste? But rather: who wants to work with us to build a circular future? Omrin aligns seamlessly with that vision.
Maximising value from residual waste
What makes the collaboration with Omrin distinctive is the way residual waste is approached. In its sorting facilities, Omrin recovers as many valuable raw materials as possible from residual waste. Waste is therefore not seen as an end point, but as a source of new materials. This shifts the focus from waste processing to resource management and circularity.
Campus as a circular living lab
The collaboration goes beyond collection alone. Omrin provides a comprehensive service and actively contributes ideas on waste reduction, awareness and innovation. On our campus, students and programmes connect directly with circular challenges. At NHL Stenden, sustainable operations are not a separate process, but part of how we organise our education: practice-based and with real impact. AI in waste sorting will also continue to develop within this partnership. This is how we show that sustainability is not a standalone theme, but a way of working. For our students. For our region. For the future.
