Smye, Rob (2020) A Living Lab for a Plastic Free Terschelling - A Living Lab’s role in delivering plastics circularity, and promoting a sustainable future ‘post-covid-19’ for the hospitality industry on Terschelling. Master thesis, Sustainable Entrepreneurship (SE).
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Abstract
The scale of plastics pollution on the island of Terschelling resulted in the ‘plastics free Terschelling project’ – hoping to cut all plastic use on the island by 2025. The covid-19 crisis may well have curtailed the plans for plastic reduction in the tourism industry, as the catering businesses have been forced to turn to a takeaway model. However, it may also be argued that a much-needed break for tourism has been enforced. As the businesses on Terschelling ask what the future of their industry and island will look like ‘post-covid-19’, this project seeks to explore how a Living Lab could address the core sustainability issues of the island. Results from expert interviews suggest that a Living Lab is ideally positioned to tackle some of the issues stakeholders may have concerning sustainability, including single-use plastic reduction. The pandemic in fact presents an opportunity for a more sustainable future of hospitality on Terschelling.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Name supervisor: | Faber, N.R. and Polen, J. van |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Jun 2020 13:11 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Jun 2020 13:11 |
| URI: | https://campus-fryslan.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/30 |
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