Ecorkwaste results are presented in workshops about bioeconomy and circular economy
In recent weeks the progress and preliminary results of Ecorkwaste project have been present in different workshops about bioeconomy and circular economy.
Under the title "Bioeconomy in the forestry sector. Incentives ", was held a technical conference organized by Generalitat de Catalunya in which Albert Hereu, director of the Catalan Institute of Cork, exposed the economic potential of the cork sector in Catalonia. In this context, he presented Ecorkwaste as an example of a circular economy project that gives vaule to the byproduct from the cork industry to be used as absorbent material in wetlands for the elimination of organic compounds in winery wastewater treatment systems.