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Fair and Symposium on biogas in Tortona (Italy)

Sustainable Technologies presented the AMPTS of Bioprocess Control AB in its own stand during the Fair and Symposium on biogas that was held in the technologic center of Tortona (Italy) on 1st and 2nd  March 2012.

During the event prof. Mario A. Rosato was interviewed by the redaction of TeklaTV and the reportage was broadcasted by  the TV chain Sky.

 

Innocentive-CEA prize to the best technology to recycle cathodic ray tubes

Our technology wins the first prize from the Consumer Electronics Association and Innocentive among 357 proposals from all the world

The problem: 

With the diffusion of the plasma and LCD screens, the old cathodic ray tube (CRT) is slowly disappearing.  Milions of TV sets and monitors will have to be recycled. The CRT is made of glass with about 30% lead, becoming thus a material  difficult to place in the market of the recycling or reuse. Furthermore, within 10 years there will be no more  production of CRTs, hence no more demand for recycling them, so it is necessary to develop a process that does not require high investment, in order to build leaded glass recycling facilities that will surely have a short life.

Our solution:

It consists of a low cost chemical process that allows recovering the lead oxyde, which has an intereting market value and constant demand because it is the main material to make car  batteries , paints and other products. The process requires very little energy, simple machinery and, most important, does not emit lead neither in water nor in the atmosphere.

Press releases:

web of Innocentive: https://www.innocentive.com/cea-edf-and-innocentive-announce-winners-open-innovation-eco-challenge-tackle-leaded-glass-tvs-monit

web of CEA (Consumer Electronics Association): http://www.ce.org/Press/CurrentNews/press_release_detail.asp?id=12311

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Conference in Carbonia (Sardinia)

 Proposals of the Green Economy to create jobplaces in Sardinia

The delocation of Alcoa’s smelting facility of Portovesme leves  1500 unemployed people, both direct employees and induced sectors.   On 21st Jan. 2012 Mario A. Rosato gave a conference in Carbonia, explaining the alternatives that the Green Economy could offer for the sustainable development of the Region.

Energy audit in an alumina production plant

The Highland Group hired Sustainable Technologies’ services to perform an energy audit in Brazil.

The plant of Companhia Brasileira de Aluminio,  in Cidade Aluminio (São Paulo) consumes about 1,5% of all the energy produced by the Latinoamerican giant. During our energy audit, that lasted 5 days, we found energy savings opportunities of 8%  electricity and 20% of the consumed natural gas.

 

 

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