The Spanish SCRAPs address the new obligations of the Royal Packaging Decree
April 19th 2024
Collective Systems of Extended Producer Responsibility (SCRAPs) emerge as a solution to comply with the obligations of the Royal Decree on packaging and packaging waste that all companies must comply with. This has been one of the main messages of the business meeting with all the SCRAPs of Spain held this week in...
The BIRSARE project will develop 4.0 tools for the circularity of marine plastic waste
March 21th 2024
Through the development of tools based on 4.0 technologies, the BIRSARE collaborative innovation project aims to consolidate new chains of recycling and reuse of used fishing nets. BIRSARE, with the participation of Aclima, Leartiker, MIK, Birziplastik, Plásticas Clossa and the Spanish Center for Plastics (CEP), is located in...
Café Dromedario obtains the 'Commitment to Valorization' seal from the Saica Group
February 28th 2024
Café Dromedario has obtained the 'From Waste to Resources: Commitment to Valorization' seal, from Saica Natur, a division of the Saica Group specialized in waste management and environmental services, after passing the independent verification of the German certification company TÜV SÜD. The company thus becomes the first in its sector in Spain in...
More than 250 companies at the meeting with SCRAPs
January 22, 2024
Taking advantage of the synergies between the different industrial and commercial packaging management systems, as well as guaranteeing efficient compliance with the law by companies that put packaging on the market, have been some of the main conclusions of the first business meeting with the presence of all Systems...
Itene obtains a biopolymer from orange waste
June 19th, 2023
Photo: Itene. Contaminated paper (left) and decontaminated paper (right) using the process developed by Itene in the VALOCEL project. The Itene technology center has managed to obtain a biopolymer of microbial origin through the recovery of orange waste and has developed an advanced process for decontamination of ...
New solutions for the collection, classification and treatment of urban waste
April 3th 2023
The European project REDOL (2022-2026), financed by the European Horizon 2020 programme, will implement new solutions for the collection, classification and treatment of urban solid waste to promote the circular economy in Zaragoza. This project is executed by a consortium made up of 36 entities from 12 countries. Specifically, it seeks to promote...
The El Prat de Llobregat de Damm plant valorises close to 100% of its waste
February 20th 2023
The Damm Factory in El Prat de Llobregat (Barcelona) continues to advance in its strategy of integration and compliance with the Sustainable Development Goals and consolidates its circular economy model through which the plant annually recovers up to 97% of the waste generated by its productive activity. This milestone has allowed the center of ...
Itene converts waste from multilayer PET/PE trays into a compostable plastic
July 25, 2022
Photo: PHA obtained by Itene in the project. The Itene technology center has developed delamination and depolymerization processes to improve the recovery of multilayer packaging waste with high performance and has managed to transform this waste from multilayer trays of PET/PE (polyethylene terephthalate/polyethylene) into a plastic ...
Use of label waste as a raw material for building insulation
July 4, 2022
The circular economy enables the recycling of label release liner waste, secures the supply of PET raw material to a Finland-based chemical company, Inosence Polyol Oy, and increases the proportion of recycled raw material in Finnfoam's insulation production . UPM Raflatac, Inosence Polyol Oy and...
Aimplas develops new techniques to give a second life to waste packaging, textiles, tires or mattresses
February 22th 2022
In order to put an end to the limitations that this complex waste has presented so far during its recycling process, Aimplas, the Technological Institute of Plastics, is working on the Neorec project, which has funding from the Valencian Institute of Business Competitiveness (IVACE) and ERDF funds. Aimplas is...
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