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Circular economy: technology developed by Greene; industrial products that are being developed and products that are obtained.

  The LIFE ZEROSILIBRINE Project is a PILOT PROJECT that applies an innovative technology for the treatment of silica precipitate discharge, an environmental challenge with no viable solution at present.  

Tips and examples for implementing SDGs in the strategy of chemicals firms.

How gases help in reducing the carbon footprint. Applications that help industry and customers to reduce the carbon footprint.

Quimidroga explains how biotechnology and chemistry are key for the development of solutions and products for a more efficient and sustainable livestock production.

FEIQUE and the association ENVALORA (www.envalora.es) will present the challenges of the new Royal Decree 1055/2022, of 27 December, on cans and waste cans, and their possible solutions.

  Arfinio®: an innovative technology developed by Covestro and Arcesso Dynamics that enables the manufacturing of solid surfaces.  

A brief review of the circular economy in Printing and Packaging and the trend towards recyclability of plastic wrappers complemented by the reduction of CO2, also looking at the new European Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) and Covestro's positioning in the circular economy of the Printing and Packaging business.  

Experts in several different fields will share their visions and opinions on a hot topic related to the recent publication of the Industrial Plan of the Green Deal for the zero net emissions era of the European Commission.

  BASF will explain its experience in the business of recycling car batteries.  

The Smart Talk by Ercros will be about the company's achievements in decarbonisation, thanks to the roll-out in 2021 of the 3D Investments Plan. In addition, we will explain the projects underway to go further in cutting emissions, the circularity of consumptions and energy efficiency.

Luis Colunga, the Special Commissioner for the PERTE for Industrial Decarbonisation, will reveal the main objectives, transformative measures and lines of financing that the PERTE envisages to support decarbonisation and energy efficiency in manufacturing industry. The planned 11.8 billion euros of investment will be used to fund investments aimed at helping manufacturing industry to achieve zero net emissions, in line with the Green Deal goals.

Dialogue with companies that have participated in projects funded by the CDTI.

QUIMACOVA will present tips and examples for implementing SDGs in the strategy of chemicals firms, compiled in this guide.

Air Liquide will explain the hydrogen value chain with examples of the major projects that the Group already has in progress.

In this Smart Talk, we will look at the polyurethane recycling process, from the moment when the mattress arrives at the plant, after it has reached the end of its useful life, until it is transformed into a circular polyol that can be reused by our customers to make new products: mattresses or comfort furnishings. During the talk, we will analyse the technology that Repsol has banked on and the value proposition of the polyol Repsol Reciclex® that we will soon begin to sell and market.

In this Smart Talk, we will present the solutions that we are developing at Repsol to overcome the sustainability challenges that plastics are facing today.  At Repsol, we have created new ranges of polyolefins by applying eco-design techniques and adding mechanically and chemically recycled materials under our brand Repsol Reciclex®, as well as alternative raw materials with a very low carbon footprint.

Innovation, the development of new technologies and solutions is both one of the essential pillars that sustain Dow’s ambition, as a basic principle of the world economy. Dow has made progress in ensuring recyclability, offering today a sustainable solution through the redesign and development of new materials. Design for Breathability is imperative and a reality to speed up the circularity of plastic, reducing the carbon footprint and transforming waste products.

Carburos Metálicos, experts in the entire hydrogen value chain, has been the driving force since 2021 of the “Hydrogen Road Map”, a series of hydrogen refilling and supply trials with city buses that demonstrates that this technology is already available to decarbonise mass transport in large Spanish cities.

Garray's CO2 capture, purification and reuse plant is an example of sustainable innovation, as together with Bioeléctrica de Garray (ENSO) a new circular economy model has been created by exploiting the energy, steam and the CO2 that plant biomass combustion generates.  

Cepsa Quimica is the leader in the development of more sustainable and innovative solutions and processes. And as proof of this, it is launching on the market its new range of “Next” products, which include renewable and recycled raw materials with a smaller carbon footprint in their composition. This range includes the new generation of phenol and solvents: NextPhenol and NextSol, products present in multiple forms in our daily life.

  How will chemistry travel to new molecular universes, design the new molecules of the future and our own sustainable future?  

In this talk, Bondalti will present the development of the technology it is developing for new sources of renewable energy such as hydrogen.

CDTI Innovation (Centre for Technological Development) will explain the latest news regarding RDI funding from this agency, which is part of the Ministry of Science and Innovation.

The 2023 Chemical Industry Internationalisation Plan is deployed along various lines of work that continue the strategy developed in previous years.  

INEOS is a global chemical major and Europe’s largest producer of hydrogen from electrolysis. Leveraging this experience, INEOS is developing water electrolysis projects across its European sites. These projects will supply renewable hydrogen into mobility and industry. Near Barcelona, INEOS operates the Martorell chemical site which is an ideal location for renewable hydrogen production in Spain.