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New model of circular economy that also predisposes the use of waste materials in other industries (LIFE ECLAT)

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2019,

Background Hard-wearing countertops and tiles for kitchens and bathrooms are manufactured from ceramic or polymeric/composite materials. Both materials, however, present environmental problems. The use of ceramic produces large amounts of waste, while countertops made with composite materials – i.e. crushed stone bound together by a synthetic adhesive ( ...
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Sustainable recycling in polyvalent use of energy saving building elements (LIFE in SustainaBuilding)

Start date: Aug 1, 2014, End date: Jan 31, 2017,

Background Heterogeneous glass-based waste is a growing problem in Europe. In 2008, 25.5 billion glass bottles and jars, and almost 11.5 million tonnes of glass packaging were collected in the EU27. Properly sorted glass waste can be re-melted to produce new glass products, or for use in secondary markets, including in the production of ceramics, insulati ...
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Extreme energyfree valorisation of copper metallurgical waste in heating elements and semiconductive nanoceramic enamels (Waste3)

Start date: Oct 1, 2011, End date: Sep 30, 2014,

Background The Waste3 project targets the environmental problem of waste slag produced by pyrometallurgical processes during primary extraction of copper. For each kilo of copper obtained, 2.2 kg of slag is produced, amounting to 5.56 millions tonnes/yr of slag in Europe. Despite its high iron content, this slag is currently disposed of in landfills, furt ...
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Waste eliminating and water-free new revolutionary technology for surface treatment of marbles, stones and tiles (W-LAP)

Start date: Sep 1, 2012, End date: Aug 31, 2014,

Background The ceramic tile industry, and in particular ceramic-tile finishing operations, use an extremely high volume of water. Some 72% of EU tile production is porcelain stoneware, which is typically subjected to high water-use finishing operations. Some 800 litres of water are needed to polish 1 square metre of tiling. Finishing operations also gene ...
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A new dry process of microfinishing of gres porcelain and natural stone surfaces, which will substitute the stage of smoothing/polishing, drastically decreasing the environmental impact of this stage, to aim for a sustainable development (Microfinishing)

Start date: Oct 1, 2002, End date: Dec 31, 2005,

Background The finishing of surfaces in the ceramics industry was known to cause specific environmental damage. Polishing products such as ceramic tiles, involved grinding wheels and the application of highly polluting enamels and soluble compounds. The whole process used high levels of power and a lot of water and produced a substantial amount of ceramic ...
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