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Iris Van Kempen

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Adviseur afvalmanagement & circulariteit at Sweco
📍 Netherlands

Iris van Kempen is a sustainability professional and Advisor in Waste Management & Circularity at Sweco. She holds a joint MSc from TU Delft and Wageningen University, focusing on metropolitan analysis and design. Her expertise lies in driving transformative change through strategic projects in the circular economy, leveraging her analytical and structured approach.

Her passion for sustainability was shaped by her childhood in Asia, where she witnessed the environmental impact of production firsthand. This drives her to contribute to a cleaner, more just world through community-focused initiatives, such as organizing local cleanup events. She also has a guilty pleasure of watching "The Kardashians. "

She once conducted research for the Dutch Tax Authority (Belastingdienst) on making their work clothing processes more circular.

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Experience
3 Years
Current Role
Adviseur afvalmanagement & circulariteit
Location
Netherlands
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Circular Economy
The central theme of her career, from her role at Sweco to researching circularity for the Dutch Tax Authority and co-founding a circular waste startup.
Waste Management
Her current professional title is "Adviseur afvalmanagement & circulariteit, " showing this is a primary area of her expertise.
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Career

Work history

9-2025
Adviseur afvalmanagement & circulariteit
Sweco
12-2024 - 9-2025
Project Manager & Community lead
Droppie
5-2024 - 12-2024
Community lead & store manager Staatsliedenbuurt
Droppie
9-2022 - 4-2024
Support & planning specialist
Seenons
4-2023 - 9-2023
Working towards a Circular Economy by innovating in Belastingdienst work clothing processes
Belastingdienst
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Education
2021 - 2023
Master's degree
Metropolitan Analysis, Design and Engineering (MSc MADE)
2017 - 6-2021
Bachelor of Science - BS
University of Amsterdam
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