Track: Circular Economy

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.

The great differential value of MECCE is that it unites science and industry, being a unique bridge for the scientific and business communities to come together in an incomparable setting.
Innovations, solutions, discussions, and challenges will make up this edition of the chemical engineering congress. A historic congress that will set the guidelines for the industrial processes of the future.

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.  

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.  

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

To make the objectives of circular economy a reality, we should re-think all that we do so molecules and processes are designed from their conception to make their recovery and reuse easier. During the conference, I will present some examples of circular chemistry, including new plastics, materials and fuels produced through the conversion of residues in high-added-value products. Finally, I will describe the role of artificial intelligence and the initiatives that we are developing at IUPAC to build a more sustainable future built at molecular scale.

Antolin explains how the goals of car manufacturers to reduce the carbon footprint of their products must be an opportunity to speed up the development and use of sustainable materials throughout the supply chain. Some examples of the use of new sustainable materials in automotive components manufactured by Antolin will be displayed.

The goal of the LOWCO2 Project is the research and development of innovative and competitive technologies for the capture and valorisation of industrial CO2. This is an R&D project rolled out by a consortium of 11 entities that are committed to sustainable innovation (eco-innovation) as the key to improve their competitiveness. The consortium is headed up by LOINTEK, and has the participation of industrial leaders such as CALCINOR

 NEOLIQUID has patented several waste recovery processes to reuse materials and energy through pyrolysis. This process can obtain several high-added-value products, promoting the circular economy on the basis of the recovery of material and energy from landfill waste, in accordance with the European regulatory framework.

La charla tratará sobre la estrategia de circularidad del Grupo, con relevantes innovaciones entre las que destacan The Laundry -un detergente elaborado en colaboración con BASF que permite reducir la liberación de microfibras- y el lanzamiento junto a CIRC de la primera colección de prendas creadas a partir del reciclaje químico de tejidos que mezclan poliéster y algodón.

La charla tratará sobre la estrategia de circularidad del Grupo, con relevantes innovaciones entre las que destacan The Laundry -un detergente elaborado en colaboración con BASF que permite reducir la liberación de microfibras- y el lanzamiento junto a CIRC de la primera colección de prendas creadas a partir del reciclaje químico de tejidos que mezclan poliéster y algodón.

Several players that represent the industry will take part in this round-table discussion to reflect on the development of circularity in the plastics industry, taking stock of the extent of current development, the developing of enabling technologies and systems as well as projects that feature the ability of plastics to stay within the production system and maximise their opportunities

The great differential value of MECCE is that it unites science and industry, being a unique bridge for the scientific and business communities to come together in an incomparable setting.
Innovations, solutions, discussions, and challenges will make up this edition of the chemical engineering congress. A historic congress that will set the guidelines for the industrial processes of the future.

Workshop focused on the transition of the chemical industry towards the circular economy. Presentation of the innovation road map for a sustainable and circular chemical industry and pitch of innovative solutions addressing the challenges of the chemical industry in the transition to circularity.

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.