About us

Increasingly more entrepreneurs want to make their packaging more sustainable, because they see the importance and the opportunities of a circular economy for packaging material. This is why the Netherlands Institute for Sustainable Packaging (KIDV) advises and inspires companies with practical advice. We offer factual knowledge, professional training sessions and tools that are based on scientific research. 

Organisation

KIDV has a Supervisory Board, a committee of independent experts and the KIDV office. The Supervisory Board includes representatives of the packaging industry. The committee of independent experts exists of scientists from different universities.

KIDV is financed by the Packaging Waste Fund (Afvalfonds Verpakkingen) with two million euros per year for a period of ten years. This amount comes from the Packaging Waste Management Contributions.

Team

 

Chris Bruijnes

Managing director

Karen van de Stadt

Packaging expert

 

Petra Veen

Advisor Education & Research

 

Niels van Marle

Packaging expert

 

Marcel Keuenhof

Packaging expert

 

Caitlin Ouwehand

Packaging expert

Vincent Balk

Project manager

 

Maartje Knaap

Communication advisor

Charissa Koolen

Project manager

 

Gerard Haverkamp

Editor

 

Nikki Groote Schaarsberg

Sustainable packaging
researcher

 

Rolf van Sprang

Packaging expert

 

 Yorick Zegarra

Communication advisor

 

 

Mirjam Tiems

Project assistant

Sarah van der Kraan

Office manager

Supervisory Board

Cees de Mol van Otterloo

Managing director Afvalfonds
Verpakkingen (chair man)

Marc Jansen

Managing director Centraal Bureau
Levensmiddelenhandel 
(treasurer)

Eus Peters 

Managing director Raad Nederlandse 
Detailhandel

Murk Boerstra

Adjunct director
Federatie Nederlandse
Levensmiddelen
Industrie (FNLI)

 

 

 

Committee of Independent Experts

 

Ulphard Thoden van Velzen

Wageningen University & 
Research

Jan Paul van Soest

De Gemeynt

Jacqueline Cramer

Universiteit Utrecht

Jos Keurentjes

TU Eindhoven

 

Roland ten Klooster

Universiteit Twente / Plato 
Product Consultants

 

Peter Rem

TU Delft