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The facility also includes 850 m2 for storage and packaging facilities, ready to supply the market with
premium horticultural and hydroponic products including micro leaves/microgreens, herbs and leafy
vegetables.
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Best practice 3. If you’re in Amsterdam you should definitely visit De Cuevel - Amstedam is one of the
most sustainable and unique urban developments in Europe. De Ceuvel is an award-winning, sustainable
planned workplace for creative and social enterprises on a former shipyard on the Johan van Hasselt
kanaal off the river IJ in Amsterdam North. In 2012, the land was secured for a 10-year lease from the
Municipality of Amsterdam after a group of architects won a tender to turn the site into a regenerative
urban oasis.

The former industrial plot is home to a thriving community of entrepreneurs and artists, where all involved
have lent a hand to build Amsterdam’s first circular office park. The plot hosts creative workspaces,
a cultural venue, a sustainable café, spaces to rent, and a floating bed & breakfast.
In the former shipyard they have realized one of the most unique urban experiments in Europe. Old
houseboats have been placed on heavily polluted soil, the workspaces have been fitted with clean
technologies and it has all been connected by a winding jetty. Around the houseboats phyto-remediating
plants work to clean the soil. De Ceuvel is not only a “forbidden garden” which will leave behind
cleaner soil, but also a playground for sustainable technologies. Through experimentation, they are as
energy self-sufficient as possible and process their waste in new, innovative ways.

Source: https://deceuvel.nl/en/about/general-information/

1 https://enrd.ec.europa.eu/projects-practice/aeroponics-mediterranean-ltd-planty_en