(Italy), in Tiszaújváros (Hungary)
and Valencia. In Valencia the
establishment of a specific
waste collection system for local
businesses; In addition, “green
points” will be installed so that
SMEs can deposit the waste and
encourage the collection of plastics.
The European Commission,
within the framework of the
LIFE program, has approved a
total budget of 984,466 euros,
being subsidised by the fund up
to a maximum of 566,323 euros,
during the 30 months of project
execution. From: LaVanguardia
Click Here for information on the
Life Recypack project from the
EU.
Low Carbon cement from
olive stones created in
Valencia.
Spanish and Brazilian researchers
have developed a new type of
cement from olive stone ash and
slag from blast furnaces , a more
sustainable alternative to the
cements currently used, being the
first in the world manufactured
only with waste. The new cement
has been created by researchers
from the Universitat Politècnica
de València (UPV) and the
Universidade Estadual Paulista
(UNESP) of Brazil. this new
cement stands out especially for
its “ low carbon footprint “ and its
impact, in terms of greenhouse
effect , “is much lower if compared
with the cements currently used
“in construction. In addition
this opens a new business path
for the recovery of a biomass i.e.
Olive stones. In the tests carried
out so far, the cement contained
approximately twenty percent of
olive stone ash and eighty percent
of slag residues. The cfement is
easy to make and has very good
mechanical properties. From: Las
Provincias