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CREC TECHDAY: Learn about technology applied to LEITAT waste sector

Participate in the second CREC TechDay and learn about technology applied to LEITAT waste sector

Date

27/03/25

Time

09:30 - 13:30

Location

Leitat Technological Center – Terrassa

Carrer de la Innovació, 2
Terrassa, Barcelona 08225 Spain

On March 27th we are organizing the second Tech Day of CREC – Waste Cluster of Catalonia.

On this day we will visit the LEITAT facilities in Terrassa and discover the most advanced technologies and innovative solutions that they are applying for the management and recovery of waste.

Program of the day:

9.30am – 10.00am Arrival and accreditations
10.00am – 10.05am Welcome_Carmen López-Quintana CREC cluster manager 
10.05am – 10.30am LEITAT & Innovation_Júlia García and Sergi Artigas
10.30am – 11.00am BLOCK I: Sustainability and efficiency in waste management
– Sustainable Design (SSbD)_Marta Escamilla
– Technology 4.0 applied to waste recovery_Cesar Gutierrez
11.00am – 11.30am Networking coffee
11.30am – 12.30am BLOCK II: Visit to the LEITAT Terrassa facilities. The facilities where work is carried out on the topics of biorefinery, hydrogen, battery recycling, environmental technologies and bioelectrochemical systems will be visited. The chemistry, fire and aging and durability testing laboratories (climatic chambers, salt spray chamber for corrosion, etc.) will also be visited.
12.30pm – 1.00pm BLOCK III: Waste valorization
– Valorization of biowaste through biorefinery strategies with a zero waste objective_Montse Jorba
– Valorization of ingredients of agri-food origin for the detergent and cosmetics sectors_Davinia Morera
– Generation of biofuels from biomass and CO2 for use in fuel cells_Eduard Borràs
1.00pm – 1.30pm BLOCK IV: Circular materials
– Urban Mining in the construction sector: examples, barriers and opportunities_Marco Mori
– The mechanical recycling of polymer composites_Virginia Herrera
– Chemical recycling, a solution for complex polymer waste_Ruth Garcia
1.30pm End of the day

It will be a technical day, please forward it to the teams in your organization that may be most interested.

 

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