Technological Centre

Circular Economy Strategy Tag

For World Environment Day, from CETIM we remind you that in our Technological Centre we are experts in four major technologies for the recycling and revaluation of all types of polymers, because it is possible to find sustainable solutions that contribute to the Circular Economy. On this day, 50 years ago, the United Nations General Assembly established World Environment Day to promote changes in consumption habits...

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As a Technological Centre, we carry out many projects in areas such as nature-based solutions, water reuse, desalination, resource recovery or the detection of microplastics and emerging pollutants. One of our latest success stories is the LIFE Green Sewer research project through which we obtained recycled water suitable for agricultural irrigation at the Ferrol WWTP and which we will now test in Almendralejo (Extremadura). ...

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The 17th of May, International Recycling Day. The aim of this international ephemeris is to draw attention to a basic practice that should be a protagonist in our daily lives in order to take care of our planet and our own existence as human beings, as well as that of the rest of the species. From the 3Rs we evolved to the 7Rs but, without...

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Esta nueva hoja de ruta de la Xunta de Galicia se presenta hoy en un acto público en la Cidade da Cultura de Galicia.   Culleredo, 20 de diciembre de 2019. El Centro Tecnológico CETIM estará presente hoy en el foro sobre la Estrategia Gallega de Economía Circular 2020-2030 que tendrá lugar en la Cidade da Cultura organizado por la Xunta de Galicia. El Centro Tecnológico es una de la entidades invitadas para participar en este debate de ideas que seguirá a la presentación de la Estrategia Gallega de Economía Circular 2020-2030, una nueva hoja de ruta con la que el gobierno gallego quiere convertir a Galicia en referente en el cambio de modelo de desarrollo.  El evento será inaugurado (10.00h) por la Conselleira de Medio Ambiente, Territorio e Vivenda, Ángeles Vázquez Mejuto, y clasurado (13.00h) por el presidente de la Xunta de Galicia, Alberto Núñez Feijoo. La Directora Xeral de Calidade Ambiental e Cambio Climático, María Cruz Ferreira Costa, será la encargada de explicar el documento de la Estrategia Gallega de Economía Circular 2020-2030.  En el Foro sobre a Estrategia Galega de Economía Circular 2020-2030 (11.30h) participarán Gumersindo Feijóo Costa, vicerrector de la USC y catedrático de Ingenierá Química, uno de los redactores de la Estratexia, que intervendrá en representación de los redactores de las universidades galegas. Lo acompañarán la subdirectora xeral de Residuos, Verónica Tellado Barcia; el vicesecretario general de ANFACO – CECOPESCA, Roberto Alonso y la directora ejecutiva de CETIM, Lucía Vázquez Prado.  Durante el acto, intervendrán también el rector de la Universidade da Coruña, Julio Abalde, y el director general e de gestión autonómica de Ecoembes, Ángel Hervella Touchard.

This new roadmap of the Xunta de Galicia, Galician regional government, is presented today at a public event at the City of Culture.   The inauguration will be carried out by the Conselleira de Medio Ambiente, Ángeles Vázquez Mejuto, and the classification by the president of the Xunta de Galicia, Alberto Núñez Feijoo.     Culleredo, December 20, 2019. The CETIM Technology Center is present this morning at the forum on...

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Humanity demographic and social growth and the development of sanitation and water treatment infrastructure are closely linked. Thanks to them, we live in healthy environments and minimize the impact on the environment around us and from which we supply ourselves.   Although this type of infrastructure was built by societies like the Roman, it was not until 1827 when James Simpson built the first modern and effective...

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Planta de tratamiento de aguas residuales

Next June 20, the monitor of LIFE GREEN SEWER project will visit CETIM to evaluate the progress of this project, whose objective is focused on a new secondary wastewater treatment system based on a direct-indirect osmosis integration with a anaerobic membrane bioreactor.   To this day, the water characterization activities of the effluents to be treated, the definition of the system requirements and the design of the...

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