This December Polytechnic University of Catalonia has been the place were the final results of Ecorkwaste project has been presented.

The conference was attended by all the partners of the project: UPC, Institut Català del Suro, Fundació CTM Centre Tecnològic, Grup TYPSA and INNOVI.

This October we have received the visit of an advisor from the European Union on the follow-up of Life+ projects.

The first part of the meeting was held in the facilities of Codorníu where the artificial wetland has been located, in this way, the Consortium and the consultant have checked its operation in situ.

Summer is always a good time to read, share and listen to diverse opinions, while we update our knowledge with studies and reports that sometimes during weekdays we don't have time to read or analyze in depth.

That's why we have prepared a selection of some videos, articles and other readings about  cirular economy that we think you may find interesting, hope you enjoy it!

Over the last few weeks, Ecorkwaste project has been present in different programs of RTVE, an important action for us to spread the benefits of the project, its importance in the framework of the circular economy and the preliminary results that we are getting.

A group of students from Superior Grade of Accounting and Finance from IES Terrassa have been the protagonists of the OpenDay 2018 project Ecorkwaste.

Ecorkwaste has been one of the leading projects of the Technical Days at IES Terrassa that took place in mid-March.

Ecorkwaste project was presented at the Principal Auditorium of the Terrasssa Institute and about 80 students, mostly of the chemical industry, participated in the event.

By the end of March the follow-up meeting of the Ecorkwaste project took place with the visit of a European Comission advisor of Life+ Program.

The visit consisted of an intense agenda during two days in which the partners of the project, UPC, Institut Català del Suro, Fundació CTM Centre Tecnològic, Typsa and INNOVI have provided first-hand information to the person designated by Life+ Program.

From some weeks ago Ecorkwaste has new communication elements to explain the project and give information about its benefits.

These are different informative panels that can be seen in the facilities of the partners participating in the project: Fundació CTM Tecnologic Center, Institut Català del Suro, Innovi, TYPSA Group and Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.

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.

The progress and preliminary results of Ecorkwaste project have been present at the conference "EU seminar: Smart and sustainable cities, lessons learned and opportunities within H2020", which was held in Padova (Italy).

Ecorkwaste was represented by researcher Joana Castellar, who also represented UNESCO Chair of Sustainability and the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPQ) of Brazil.

The preliminary results of Ecorkwaste project pilot treatment wetlands have been presented at the VII International Symposium on Wetland Pollutant Dynamics and Control, held in Montana (USA).

One of the goals of the congress was promoting the transfer of technological knowledge. Under this framework, there was a presentation of Ecorkwaste pilot wetland for wastewater treatment from the wine industry and the preliminary results of removal of water contaminants by means of cork as a filtering medium in experimental wetlands, highlighting that the material used in both systems is a by-product of other industrial activities. 

The 4th followup meeting of Ecorkwaste project was held at the headquarters of the Catalan Wine Cluster INNOVI. The meeting was attended by all partners of the project: CTM Foundation, Institut Català del Suro, TYPSA Group, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya and INNOVI.

The meeting focus was to assess the first preliminary results of the starting operations both int the gasification plant and the wetland built at Codorníu facilities in Sant Sadurní d'Anoia.