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DEMONSTRATION-PLANT PROJECT TO PRODUCE POLY-LACTIC ACID (PLA) BIOPOLYMER FROM WASTE PRODUCTS OF BAKERY INDUSTRY (BREAD4PLA)
Start date: Oct 1, 2011, End date: Sep 30, 2014,
Background
About 8-9% of fossil fuels consumed in the EU are used as raw material in various industrial processes. About half of this amount is used in the manufacture of polymers. Fossilised carbon is therefore transformed into products that may, at the end of their useful life, release this carbon into the atmosphere, contributing to climate change. As ...
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Wet-laid technology application for textile residues revalorization in composites industry (WET-COMP)
Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Dec 31, 2013,
Background
The textile and clothing industry is an important part of the European manufacturing sector, accounting for 3% of total manufacturing added value in Europe. In many EU regions, it accounts for an even bigger share of manufacturing activity and is vitally important to economic and social well-being. The industry covers a large number of activiti ...
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Emissions Free Refrigerated Urban Distribution (EFRUD)
Start date: Oct 1, 2010, End date: Sep 30, 2013,
Background
Most green public procurements do not include the transport sector, even though urban transport planning greatly impacts the environmental balance of 'green' urban planning initiatives. One example of this is distribution of perishable goods using refrigerated systems. The goods themselves may be selected on the basis of their environmental ben ...
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Contribution of forest biomass generated in the prevention of forest fires in the EU energy strategy (BIOENERGY & FIRE PREV.)
Start date: Oct 1, 2010, End date: Sep 30, 2013,
Background
Forest biomass provides a carbon store and is important for mitigating climate change. It is therefore important to protect this biomass from forest fires, which cause significant CO2 emissions and damage both the environment and property. Forest fire risks can be reduced by managing the amount of ground-level waste biomass in forest areas. Cle ...
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Environmentally friendly oxazolidine-tanned leather (OXATAN)
Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Jun 30, 2012,
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Chrome tannage is the most commonly used technology for the production of tanned leathers, used in the case of more than 90% of leathers tanned worldwide. The process of chrome tannage uses trivalent chromium, a substance that under specific conditions could oxidise to hexavalent chromium. Hexavalent chromium, however, is harmful to the environ ...
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Developing a best practices e-tool for reducing VOCs emissions in the European printing SMEs industry according to BATs (BATsGPRAH)
Start date: Jan 1, 2009, End date: Dec 31, 2011,
Background
The European Graphic sector makes a significant contribution to the European economy; it is formed by more than 106 000 enterprises with 1 281 478 employees and a combined turnover higher than 125 billion euros. The sector is characterised by many small and medium-sized companies. Roughly 95% of graphics enterprises employ less than 20 workers. ...
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Ce projet prétend élaborer un cours e-Learning pour enseigner á analyser l’entreprise et son contexte depuis le modèle systémique, qui es relationnel et contemple la globalité, en détectant les dysfonctions et en appliquant des stratégies de changement orientées aussi bien á l’organisation comme aux travailleurs qui la compose, et ayant comme objectif l’amélioration du rendement et de la productiv ...
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