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MERMAIDS - Mitigation of microplastics impact caused by textile washing processes (LIFE)

Start date: Jul 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

Background European oceans are contaminated by marine litter, especially plastics. Currently, it is estimated that global plastic production is increasing by 10% per year. Microplastics are particularly worrying, because wastewater plant treatments do not take them into account in their management processes and they are deposited in waterways and sewage s ...
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End life vehicles: innovative and sustainable technology for chieving European Directive targets (ELVISUSTECH)

Start date: Oct 1, 2010, End date: Mar 31, 2013,

Background Recycling rates in the EU are increasing, in part thanks to the End-of-Life Vehicles (ELV) and the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directives (2000/53/CE and 2002/96/CE). Today, more than 85% of ELV materials have to be recycled; the next step is to reach a 95% recycling rate by 2015. However, Europe produces 12 million tonnes/ ...
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Concentrated saline rejection treatment: Environmental Technology using a non profitable solid waste as energy source. (RESALTTECH)

Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Dec 31, 2012,

Background The paper industry generates solid waste and residual effluents that have a significant impact on the environment. It is also the second biggest water consumer in Spain, representing 16.3% of total industrial water consumption. Recycling of water is difficult because of the salinity of the outgoing water effluents, which affect the quality of t ...
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