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SELECTIVE RECOVERY OF NON-FERROUS METAL AUTOMOTIVE SHREDDER BY COMBINED ELECTROMAGNETIC TENSOR SPECTROSCOPY AND LASER-INDUCED PLASMA SPECTROSCOPY (ShredderSort)

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

Every year, more than 50 million vehicles reach the end of their service life throughout the World. In the EU, the amount of waste generated by the automotive industry raised up to 10 million tonnes in 2010, and it is foreseen that it will increase by 40% until 2015. Thus, the appropriate recycling of this waste has important implications from the environmental point of view.About 8% of the total ...
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Reducing CO2 footprint of Information and Communication Technologies (LIFE GREEN TIC)

Start date: Sep 2, 2013, End date: Aug 31, 2016,

Background The EU has set three strategic goals around climate change and energy to be achieved by 2020: a 20% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions; 20% of energy from renewable sources; and a 20% increase in energy efficiency. The total footprint of the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) sector was estimated in 2007 to be 830 million tonn ...
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Integrated waste management and life cycle assessment in the wine industry: From waste to high-value products (HAproWINE)

Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Dec 31, 2013,

Background Spain is an important wine making country in the EU (in terms of area cultivated, the quantity of wine produced, and the sector’s economical significance). In spite of significant efforts in the past, negative environmental impacts of the overall wine production process had remained notable and further work towards improved sustainability of ...
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