Chemical
Challenges
The role of the circular economy
General
- Need to comply with strict regulations (REACH, RoHS, ErP, etc.).
- Improving the - global and environmental - image of the sector.
- Ongoing training for the sector.
Priority strategies and approaches
- Increasing the use of recycled raw materials in chemical processing.
- Implementing practical CO2 sequestration processes in industrial symbiosis settings.
- Promoting the use of renewable energies in processes.
- Eco-designing products (designed for recycling).
Environmental
- Reducing the use of substances and compounds preventing circular economy processes.
- Reducing the environmental footprint of the sector.
- Proposing viable chemical solutions to complex environmental challenges.
- Financing facilities.
Competitive improvements
- Reducing the use of additives.
- Blending virgin and recycled raw materials.
- Reducing the use of organic solvents.
- Reducing discharge pressure due to chemically treatable materials.
CARBON FIBRE 3D PRINTING
AERNNOVA
CHEMICAL RECYCLING OF PLASTIC WASTE
PETRONOR
DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW GENERATION ECO-DESIGNED DISPLAY CABINET
BURDINOLA
DEVELOPMENT OF INDUSTRIAL PACKAGING FILM BASED ON RECYCLED PLASTIC
GAIKER
DEVULCANISATION OF WASTE RUBBER TO BE RETURNED TO LIFE CYCLE
CIKAUTXO
DRY INDUSTRIAL SEPARATION OF COMPLEX PLASTIC SCRAP
MASER
ELIMINATION OF NOX AND CO2 GASES FROM INDUSTRIAL SOURCES THROUGH AN ALGAE BIOFILTER
BROMALGAE
FULL REUSE OF WASTE SLUDGE FROM THE PAPER INDUSTRY
ORLOGA
HUB TO INTRODUCE SUSTAINABLE PLASTICS IN BASQUE INDUSTRY
GAIKER
INDUSTRIAL NETWORK FOR THE RUBBER SECTOR CIRCULAR ECONOMY
POLIELASTIC
LOCAL BIOMASS FOR RESINS INTENDED FOR THE FOUNDRY INDUSTRY
OPTIMISATION OF THE PRODUCTION OF HIGH PURITY Zn COMPOUNDS FROM WASTE
BOSTLAN
RE-USING VULCANISED SILICONE
SILAM
RECOVERY OF MANGANESE SLUDGE TO ACTIVATE SECONDARY USES
AUTLAN
RECOVERY OF SLUDGE FROM THE PAPER INDUSTRY AS ABSORBENT MATERIAL
FIBRACAT
RECYCLABLE POLYPROPYLENE IN ELECTRIC AND HYBRID VEHICLES
CIKAUTXO
RECYCLING OF PLASTIC PARTS FROM END-OF-LIFE VEHICLES
ZICLA
RUBBER-FREE HIGHLY RECYCLABLE WASHING MACHINE DOOR SEALS
CIKAUTXO
TYRE CORD METAL RECOVERY INTO NEW PRODUCTS
CAUCHOS MUJIKA
USE OF PAVAL TO OBTAIN CORUNDUM FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF ABRASIVES
BEFESA
USE OF SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS IN VEHICLE SUSPENSION
CIKAUTXO