- The REMEB project aims to develop a low-cost wastewater treatment system using ceramic membranes
- The 14th National Environmental Congress hosts more than one hundred technical, training and dissemination sessions from November 26 to 29
The REMEB project, led by FACSA, has recently concluded with the successful validation of its sustainable wastewater treatment system, which operates using low-cost ceramic membranes with agro-industrial waste. In this context, and with the aim of presenting its main findings, Elena Zuriaga, R&D&I technician at FACSA, participated in the 14th National Environmental Congress, within the session 'Funding Opportunities for Business R&D&I Projects in European Technological Cooperation'.
This innovative project, presented as a success story of the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program, will minimize the volume of waste in landfills, promoting the circular economy, while also reducing the price of this technology, thanks to the innovative manufacturing system of the ceramic membranes, based on waste obtained from agro-industrial processes.
Other Spanish entities have participated in its development, such as the Council of Chambers of Commerce of the Valencian Community, the University Institute of Ceramic Technology ITC-UJI, the Sanitation Entity of the Region of Murcia ESAMUR and the environmental laboratory IPROMA.
With the motto "Heading Towards 20.30", the Conama 2018 congress aims to promote social change towards sustainability, through the analysis of major cross-cutting issues such as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), adaptation to climate change, the Urban Natural Agenda, the circular economy and the inclusion of social justice as an essential element of the ecological transition.
Thus, the event, held at the Municipal Congress Palace in Madrid between November 26 and 29, brings together experts, professionals and political leaders from Spain and Latin America, who will analyze these major issues through a hundred technical sessions on water, energy, efficiency, climate change, waste, environmental quality and urban renewal.
