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AFTERLIFE COMMUNICATION PLANLIFECERAM.vZERO WASTE IN CERAMIC TILE MANUFACTURING

LIFE12 ENV/ES/00230


THE LIFECERAM PLAN PROJECT

1/RESULTS OF THE LIFECERAM PLAN PROJECTThe manufacturing of ceramic tiles in EU generates waste at different stages of the production process. The esti-mated total amount of waste is more than 1.4 million tons per year. A significant percentage of this waste can’t be recycled into the current ceramic products and processes due to the change in the behaviour of the ceramic com-positions during the manufacturing process and in the final properties of the tiles. As a result, a significant amount of waste is destined to landfills or used for very low added-value fillers.

The main purpose of the Lifeceram project was to demonstrate the feasibility to achieve zero waste in the ce-ramic tile manufacturing process. This was achieved through a new product based on ceramic residues and the use of existing dry milling and granulation technologies to obtain the body composition. During the project life-span several industrial trials of the new tiles have been conducted to demonstrate the technical and econo-mical feasibility of the project. The amount of waste we forecasted using in these trials was the following (consi-dering that in the trials 15,000 m2 were produced):

Ceramic tile company (KEROS): 350 ton of waste (fired and green scraps, glaze sludge, and polishing sludge for obtaining the body composition, corresponding to 5.5 % of the annual waste generated in the company.

Glaze manufacturing company (VERNIS): 15 tons of waste to obtain the glaze for the industrial trials in KEROS. In this case no more than 15% of waste can be recycled due to the required properties in the final tile. This corresponds to 2 % of the annual waste generated in the company.

The estimated total amount of waste is more than 1,4 million tons per year in EU

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Machinery producer (CHUMILLAS & TARONGI): No expected results come from recycled waste as the company does not generate ceramic waste at all. However, lower energy and water input are expected during the body preparation process in CHUMILLAS &TARONGI: 78 % of water reduction, 74 % of energy reduction and 80 % CO2 reduction with respect to the wet milling + spray-drying process.

The total estimated savings for producing the new tiles, considering the savings in the preparation of the body and glaze compositions for the industrial trials are 65% in water consumption, 30% in energy input and 30% in CO2 emission. According with this data the savings in the industrial production during the project life-span are: 150 m3 of water, 150,000 kWh of energy and 25 ton of CO2. The application of the project results to the entire European ceramic industry will result in zero waste in this industrial sector.

Lifeceram: 65% water consumption saving

Developing a frit at VERNIS laboratory

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Waste in a ceramic tile manufacturing plant

Lifeceram: 30% of energy saving

LIFECERAM DESIGNS A HIGHLY SUSTAINABLE CERAMIC TILE BODY PREPARATION PROCESS based on the use of dry milling and granulation technologies. These enable recicling all type of ceramic waste, energy efficien-cy and energy savings to be op-timised, while also considerably reducing natural resource con-sumptions.

2/A HIGHLY INNOVATIVE PROJECT

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Lifeceram designs a highly sustainable ceramic tile body preparation process based on the use of dry milling and granulation technologies. these enable energy efficiency and energy savings to be optimised, while also considerably reducing natu-ral resource consumption.


In addition, the body preparation process must be sufficiently robust to enable all types of ceramic waste to be recycled and, of course, to be highly sustainable with regard to the current wet milling and spray drying process. The current ceramic tile manufacturing process, including the body composition preparation stage, can be consulted at the following link: http://www.tileofspain.com/procesoFabricacion.aspx?lang=es-ES

The Lifeceram project thus focuses on the waste pre-treatment, the selection of the most appropriate type of milling for each waste, and on the way granulation is performed.

Milling Laboratory at ITC

What is granulation and why have we chosen this technology?

Granulating involves agglomerating the milled waste in the form of granules made up of solid particles that can be observed by sight. Granulation is, environmentally, a low water and air polluting technology that provides about 75% saving in thermal energy and about 80% reduction in water consumption, compared to the spray-drying process.

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Aspect of the granules


The possibility of achieving zero waste in the ceramic process is close at hand

VASTE ENVIRON-MENTAL, SOCIAL AND ECONOMICAL BENEFITS

20% reducing waste disposal65% water con-sumption saving30% saving in energy30% reduction in CO2 emissions

3/A TECHNOLOGY EASY TO REPLICATE

LIFECERAM at Ceramica Innova International Technological Forum. Cevisama 2016. Valencia, February 1st to 05th

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The application of the project results to the whole Castellón (Spain) ceramic cluster will allow reaching zero waste in this industrial sector.

The technology developed through Lifeceram is easy to replicate. The companies of the Spanish and Euro-pean ceramic tile sector are generating wastes that the Lifeceram project has been identified, studied and characterized. These wastes can be recovered, recycled and revalued.

The wastes studied in Lifeceram project were the typical ceramic wastes generated the ceramic tile ma-nufacture and its related sectors (spray-drying plants and tile edge-grinding and polishing plants). These wastes are the following:

• Unfire tile scarp.• Extracted dust.• Glaze sludge.• Fired tile scrap.• Polishing sludge.• Kiln filter dust.• Glazes and frits.

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Lifeceram project is highly relevant to the European environmental policy and legislation and is totally related to EU environmental policies on waste management.

Achieving the objectives of the project involved the attainment of environmental goals like waste prevention by means of grow up the ceramic wastes in waste hierarchy taking into account the environmental impacts over the entire life cycle. The use of wastes as a raw material in a new product reduces consumption of primary raw materials and turns waste into a resource.

Generally, waste prevention requires changes in production, also needs better design of products and changes in the consumption pattern, but this new design will change the production–consumption–waste chain. The sha-re of recycled materials in consumed materials can increase substantially if recycling infrastructure and collection rates improve. Development of new business models can be possible through Lifeceram.

Lifeceram is suggesting the reduction of the EU’s consumption of primary raw materials by increasing resource efficiency, improving eco-efficiency, the wider use of recycled materials, the prevention of leakage of valuable resources through exports of end-of-life products and increased use of renewable materials.

One of the starting points of Lifeceram was to ensure compliance with current regulations of the activities pro-posed in the project, and monitor that are aligned with the development of future policies on waste. For this, we have considered the different parts involved in the chain waste recovery: industrial waste producers and managers.

It shall also take into account the different levels of implementation of environmental legislation: European, natio-nal, regional and local. Also the legal requirements arising from the manufacture of the new product shall identify, due to it is a product made from waste.

4/THE PROJECT IS HIGHLY RELEVANT TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL EUROPEAN POLICY


Dissemination activities in the frame of Lifeceram Project aims to Encourage the application of the validated techno-logy among the companies of the ceramic tile sector. The following activities have been carried out to disseminate the project know-how and making possible its transferability to the companies of the Spanish and European cera-mic sector. The benefi ciary and the partners of the Lifeceram project will continue working on the dissemination task.

5/LIFECERAM NUMEROUS DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES

LIFECERAM in the international trade fair Cevisama 2015, February, 9th - 15th Valencia (Spain)

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LIFECERAM website


Design and maintenance of the project web site.

The Lifeceram website: http://www.lifeceram.eu is used as an important dissemination tool on the Internet, with a private section where relevant information can be requested by voluntarily signing up for regular delivery of news related to the companies and the project.Through this website, it is possible to access all the information related to the project, including a detailed description, problems encountered, results obtained, Layman´s report, etc. The information is available in English and Spanish.

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Descriptive leaflets

1.000 dissemination leaflets in Spanish and Engli-sh have been produced and distributed in trade fairs, congresses, Networking and Brokerage Events in Spain, Italy and France, during the main sectorial Trade Fairs and meetings: CEVISAMA, Cerámica Innova and QUALICER (Valencia and Castellón- Spain); CERSAIE and TECNARGILLA (Bologna and Rimini- Italy) and Ceramic Network (Limoges-France).

LIFECERAM descriptive leaflets

PRESENTATION OF THE RESULTS: the first cera-mic tiles produced with ceramic wastes, involving both the tile body and the glaze, both being made using recycled materials, were exhibited at ITC for the first time.

Dissemination to the industrial sector.

• The project had been presented at different international trade fairs:• International Exhibition of Ceramic Tile and Bathroom Furnishings:

CERSAIE 2013 (September 23th - 27th. 2013. Bologna, Italy).• Internacional Ceramics Exhibition or Achitecture, Bathroom and kitchen Equipment, Natural

Stone, Raw Materials, Glazes, Frits and Machinery: CEVISAMA 2014 (February 11st - 14th. 2014. Valencia, Spain).

• Internacional Exhibition of technology and supplies for the ceramic and brick industries: TECNARGILLA 2014. (September, 22nd - 26th. 2014. Rimini, Italy).

• DESTACA 2014. (November 26th - 28th. 2014. Vila-real, Spain).• Internacional Ceramics Exhibition or Achitecture, Bathroom and kitchen Equipment, Natural

Stone, Raw Materials, Glazes, Frits and Machinery: CEVISAMA 2015 (February 8th-11th. Valencia, Spain).


Keros Ceramica, S.L. Cersaie 2013

Cevisama/Cerámica innova (February 1st to 5th. 2016. Valencia, Spain)

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• Internacional Ceramics Exhibition or Achitecture, Bathroom Furnishings: CERSAIE 2015 (September, 28th. - October, 2nd. 2015. Bologna, Italy).

• Networking.Technological Forum of Waste and Recycling: Re NEW 2015- (May, 29th. 2015, Brussels).

• CERAMIC NETWORK LIMOGES 2015-PÔLE EUROPÉEN DE LA CÉRAMIQUE. Networking and pre-sentation of the advances and first resultsof the project. (June 8th-19th. 2015. Limoges, France).

• ICCRAM 2015. International Research Centre in Critical Raw Materials for Advanced Industrial Technologies. (University of Burgos, Spain. July, 16th. 2015, Burgos, Spain).

• ATC CONGRESS 2015. Spanish Association of Ceramic Professionals. (October, 29th - 30th. 2015. Castellón- Spain).

• Internacional Ceramics Exhibition or Achitecture, Bathroom and kitchen Equipment, Natural Stone, Raw Materials, Glazes, Frits and Machinery: CEVISAMA 2016 / Cerámica Innova 2016. (February 1st to 5th. 2016. Valencia, Spain)

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• Internacional Ceramics Exhibition or Achitecture, Bathroom Furnishings: CERSAIE 2016 (September 26th - 30th. 2016. Bologna, Italy)

• Internacional Exhibition of technology and supplies for the ceramic and brick industries: TECNARGILLA 2016 (September 26th - 30th. 2016. Rimini, Italy)

Dissemination through presentations to the companies:

• An INFO-DAY was organised at ITC on June 11th and 12th. 2014 with an attendance of more than 40 companies from the Spanish ceramic sector.

• A presentation of the final results of the project was held in ASCER on May 31st. 2016, with the assistance of more than 50 companies of the Spanish ceramic sector.

Dissemination to the scientific community. The results of the project have been disseminated in:

• The World Congress on Ceramic Tile Quality (QUALICER 2014) held in Castellón (Spain) on Fe-bruary 16 th -17th. LIFECERAM. “Características técnicas de productos para pavimentación urbana”.

• The Congress: “Processing ceramic from wastes: A new raw material source for the global change” held at Campus Antonio Machado of the International University of Andalucía (UNIA) from September 29th - October 1st. Baeza-Jaén (Spain).

VERNIS, S.A. Cersaie 2014

Stand of CHUMILLAS & TARONGI S.L. at Tecnargilla 2014


Presentation of the results of Lifeceram at Qualicer Congress 2016. February, 8th - 9th

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• The World Congress on Ceramic Tile Quality (QUALICER 2014) held in Castellón (Spain) on February 16 th - 17th. LIFECERAM. “Características técnicas de productos para pavimentación urbana”.

Scientific Journals.

• Proceedings of the Congress “Processing ceramic from wastes: A new raw material source for the global change” held at Campus Antonio Machado of the International University of Andalucía (UNIA) from September 29 th - October 1st. Baeza - Jaén (Spain).

• Ceramic International Forum – CFI Magazine (Germany-September 2016)- LIFECERAM. Residuo cero en la fabricación de baldosas cerámicas. Quereda Vázquez, Mª Francisca; García-Ten, Francisco Javier; Ros Dosdá, T. Gil Albalat, Carlos; Chumillas Villalba, David; Zaera, Victoria; Segura Mestre, Mª Carmen.

Publications in newspapers and in specialized and technical magazines

• From 2013 to 2016 more than 25 Press Releases have been disseminated.• 4 technical papers have been published in the specialized and technical magazines:

• Técnica Cerámica World (Spain, with distribution in Italy, EEUU, Rusia, France)• Futurenviro (Spain)• Cerámica y Cristal (Argentina)• Ceramic International Forum (Germany)

• There were a number of 4 interviews to the main researcher of the Project for the sectorial media:• Técnica Cerámica World • Nuevo Azulejo• InfoREDIT: Newsletter of the Valencian Network of the Technological Centres of the Valen-

cian Community.


• 1 Press Conference was held on May 31ist in ASCER during the presentation of the final results of the project to the Spanish tile manufacturers, with attendance of the journalists from the newspapers:

• El Periódico Mediterráneo• El Periódico del Azulejo• El Mundo• Levante • el Mercantil Valenciano

As a result of this action, Lifeceram has obtained more than 60 impacts in the journals, technical press and maga-zines online and social networks (Twitter and LinkedIn)

Other Dissemination Actions

Different activities of dissemination of the Lifeceram Project have been planned in order to spread the word about the results of this study and the new designed system of the process of manufacturing and the new product itself.

• Meeting with the General Director of Industry and IVACE from the Valencian Autonomous Gover-nment, Mr. Joaquín Ríos Casanova on the 24th of January 2014 to the facilities and labs of ITC in order to know the characteristics of the actions of R&D related to the Lifeceram project and other projects. Link to the ITC website: http://webitc.itc.uji.es/notDestacada/Paginas/VisitaalITCdelDirec-tordelIVACE,JoaquinR%C3%ADos.aspx

• The Partit Socialista del País Valencià (PSPV), at the time was the opposition to the Valencian Regio-nal Government. Representatives of the party visited the labs and facilities of ITC to learn the cha-racteristics of the R&D activities and the main projects such as LIFECERAM, on January 27th 2014. Link to the website of ITC: http://webitc.itc.uji.es/notDestacada/Paginas/VisitadelPSPValITC.aspx

Visit of the Dr. Gral Industry and IVACE of Valencian Autonomous Government, Mr. Joaquín Ríos Casanova. On January 24, 2014

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Javier García, main researcher at ITC of the LIFECERAM Project. QUALICER 2014

• FEDIT- Spanish Federation of technological Centres. LIFECERAM is presented as a case of success in the Annual Report of Activities 2014 of FEDIT. http://fedit.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/In-forme-Anual-2014-Centros-Tecnologicos-Fedit.pdfDissemination trough Observatorio Tecnológico Cerámico del ITC (ITC Technical Observatory) on 2014, March, 7th. http://www.observatoriotecno-logicoceramico.com/?p=9328

• Presentation in Lima (Perú) in collaboration with FEDIT and ICEX, in the technological Forum Spain –Perú. Link to the ITC web site: http://webitc.itc.uji.es/notDestacada/Paginas/ElITCparticipaenla-Jornadatecnol%C3%B3gicaPer%C3%BAEspa%C3%B1a.aspx

Forwarding the results to the general public

Dissemination through:• Website of the Project: www.lifeceram.eu

• In addition of the press releases and periodic publication of news in the website, Lifeceram´s project has released 5 Newsletters in order to explain the characteristics, specific nature, advances and results of the project.

• Press Releases to the media: • Newspapers• TV• Radio

• Websites of the partners:• zASCER: www.ascer.es• KEROS, S.L.: www.keros.com• VERNIS, S.A.: www.vernis.es• CHUMILLAS&TARONGI: www.chumillas-tarongi.com• Social Networks of ITC and the partners of the project:• Facebook • Twitter• Linkedin


1186 TC 410PARECERES

JAVIER GARCÍA, HEAD OF THE ITC'S LIFECERAM PROJECT

LIFECERAM PROPOSES TO ELIMINATE30% OF WASTE THAT IS NOT RECYCLEDIN THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS

What are the main objectives of the LIFECERAM project?

The main aim of the LIFECERAM project is to finda viable way of achieving zero waste in differentsubsectors belonging to the European CeramicTile manufacturing sector, which is tile and fritproducers, spray powder, rectifying and polishing...).

How much waste does the Spanish tileindustry produce every year? To what extentcan this be reduced?

One of the activities in this project, which hasjust started, consists of determining the typeand quantity of ceramic waste created. Initialestimates would suggest that Spain createsaround 375,000 t/year of ceramic waste, ofwhich, thanks to the efforts made by ceramicmanufacturers, practically 70% is recycled in thesame production process.

How can you achieve Zero Waste?

We think it will be difficult to improve on thecurrent percentage of materials recycledbecause the nature of some waste producedsignificant changes to the properties of ceramicmaterials during the manufacturing process.That is why the solution we are proposingconsists of manufacturing a new type of floorcovering for outdoor use, containing a highpercentage of waste and manufactured using adry milling and granulation process.

Where does the waste from themanufacturing process go? Which stageproduces the most contamination?

As I have already mentioned, most of the wasteis recycled in the production process, in otherwords in spraying, frit and glaze plants. Of theremaining 30%, a significant amount is used as

aggregates to produce cement-based product,and the rest is taken to tips.

The two types of waste that are currently themost difficult to recycle in the production processitself are the sludge left over from polishing andrectifying the tiles and remains of glazed tiles,which are sometimes extremely hard.

What effect does this waste have on theenvironment? And on health?

The ceramic industry applies good practices toreduce the amount of waste from the process toa minimum. This is disposed of on tips, most ofwhich are inert. To ensure minimum impact onthe environment, industries engage the servicesof government authorised waste managers. Toavoid any impact on health and the environment,these processes have been duly regulated.

How much does controlling the waste itproduces cost the tile industry?

Waste management is costing companies moreand more, from both an economic and socialstandpoint. Therefore, dealing with this wastethrough recycling is a beneficial option. This isone of the factors driving recycling in our sector.Of course, it involves making an effort andinvesting to achieve a zero waste situation.These are evaluated as part of the project.

Are companies cooperating with you toachieve the project goals?

Of course they are. ASCER is taking part in thisproject, and is responsible for quantifying thewaste generated. Other participants are KerosCerámica, Vernis and Chumillas & Tarongi. Thisproject is a good example of the efforts that tilecompanies are making to show society that theceramic sector is a clean one.

How long will it take to introduce new, moresustainable production strategies?

A significant proportion of Spanish ceramicproducts are exported to First World countries,where consumers are increasingly concernedabout product sustainability.

The implementation of the LIFECERAM projecttakes this into consideration, because it aimsto improve sustainability in two ways. On theone hand, by reducing the environmentalburden of waste of the current processes anddisposing of it. At the same time, it isdeveloping a new product according toecodesign criteria that revolve around the lifecycle of the materials to identify aspects thatimprove sustainability in comparison tocompetitors with the same function. Forexample, zero consumption of raw materialsand reduced transport needs by using materialof local origin, among others.

How does the industry see the future?

The Spanish tile industry has a number ofadvantages over its competitors that allow it tooffer a high quality product at very competitiveprices. It is located in a cluster with world-leading frit, glaze and pigment manufacturers,digital printing machinery producers, trainingcentres for technicians and R&D generationcentres, meaning that innovations are taken upquickly.

However, there is still work to be done, such asimproving some environmental aspects,increasing the size of companies andencouraging specialisation, factors that need tobe tackled to make our companies morecompetitive given challenges from emergingcountries which often have more modern,efficient industrial plants.

The Institute of Ceramic Technology (Instituto de TecnologíaCerámica (ITC)) has obtained approval from the European Unionfor its LIFECERAM-Zero Waste project, which aims to prevent thecreation of waste in the different stages of the ceramic tilemanufacturing process. Waste is produced during different stagesof manufacturing, and although a good proportion of this is

recycled, some waste is not suitable for this and is taken to tips.This new project, driven by the ITC with support from the EuropeanUnion, is designed to eliminate this once and for all. The head ofthe ITC's LIFECERAM project, Javier García, explained the roadmap of this initiative to achieve zero waste production in tilemanufacturing.

"ONE SOLUTION PROPOSED TO ACHIEVE ZERO WASTE INVOLVES MANUFACTURING A NEW TYPE OF TILE, WHICH CONTAINS A HIGH PROPORTION OF RESIDUE,

PRODUCED BY DRY MILLING AND GRANULATION."

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News clippings

significant changes to the properties of ceramicmaterials during the manufacturing process.That is why the solution we are proposingconsists of manufacturing a new type of floorcovering for outdoor use, containing a highpercentage of waste and manufactured using adry milling and granulation process.

Where does the waste from themanufacturing process go? Which stageproduces the most contamination?

As I have already mentioned, most of the wasteis recycled in the production process, in otherwords in spraying, frit and glaze plants. Of theremaining 30%, a significant amount is used as

standpoint. Therefore, dealing with this wastethrough recycling is a beneficial option. This isone of the factors driving recycling in our sector.r.rOf course, it involves making an effort andinvesting to achieve a zero waste situation.These are evaluated as part of the project.

Are companies cooperating with you toachieve the project goals?

Of course they are. ASCER is taking part in thisproject, and is responsible for quantifying thewaste generated. Other participants are KerosCerámica, Vernis and Chumillas & Vernis and Chumillas & Vproject is a good example of the efforts that tile

The Spanish tile industry has a number ofadvantages over its competitors that allow it tooffer a high quality product at very competitiveprices. It is located in a cluster with world-leading frit, glaze and pigment manufacturers,digital printing machinery producers, trainingcentres for technicians and R&D generationcentres, meaning that innovations are taken upquickl

Howeveimproving some environmental aspects,increasing the size of companies and

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ESPECIAL CERSAIE

Levante EL MERCANTIL VALENCIANO |LUNES, 23 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2013

INVESTIGACIÓN

l Instituto de TecnologíaCerámica (ITC) ha conse-guido la aprobación de laUnión Europea para llevara cabo el proyecto Life Ce-

ram-Residuo Cero, cuyo objetivo princi-

pal es evitar la generación de residuos en

las distintas etapas del proceso de fabri-

cación de baldosas cerámicas.La fabricación de baldosas cerámicas

en la Unión Europea genera residuos, a

lo largo de las diferentes etapas que

componen el proceso de producción de

baldosas cerámicas, en una cantidad to-

tal estimada de más de millones de to-

neladas por año, según los datos facili-

tados por el ITC.Aunque una parte muy importante de

los residuos obtenidos se recicla, existe un

cierto porcentaje que no puede ser recu-

perado en los productos cerámicos y pro-

cesos de fabricación actuales debido al

cambio en el comportamiento y propie-

dades finales de las baldosas cerámicas.

Por lo tanto, cuando el proceso de pro-

ducción se ha completado y la baldosa ce-

rámica está preparada para ser instalada

como recubrimiento de suelo o paredes,

queda una cantidad importante de resi-

duos que se destinan a vertederos o se uti-

lizan como fillerso cargas en productos de

bajo valor añadido. «Por eso, el principal

objetivo del proyecto es alcanzar una si-

tuación de residuo cero en la fabricación

de baldosas cerámicas», indican fuentes

del instituto tecnológico castellonense.

Los investigadores del instituto tecno-

lógico castellonense proponen dos me-

didas para alcanzar el anhelado residuo

cero: en primer lugar, desarrollar un nue-

vo tipo de gres porcelánico para su uso en

exteriores, por ejemplo en pavimenta-

ción urbana, que incorpore, tanto en el so-

porte como en el esmalte un alto conte-

nido de residuos.En segundo lugar, desde el instituto tec-

nológico castellonense se recomienda el

diseño de un proceso de preparación de

la composición del soporte altamente

sostenible para la fabricación de las pie-

zas cerámicas basado en las tecnologías de

molienda en seco y granulación, ya que

ambas son capaces de reciclar todo tipo de

residuos cerámicos.El proyecto está cofinanciado por la Co-

misión Europea dentro del Programa de

Política y Gobernanza Medioambientales

y cuenta con la participación de la patro-

nal azulejera Ascer, la esmaltera Vernis, la

empresa fabricante de maquinaria Chu-

millas y Tarongi y la azulejera Keros Ce-

rámica.Con el proyecto Life Ceram-Residuos

Cero se pretende conseguir, en resumidas

cuentas, que a la hora de desarrollar un

nuevo producto cerámico se lleve a cabo

un Análisis de Ciclo de Vida (ACV) y que,

entre otros temas, se llegue a cuantificar

y a caracterizar la totalidad de los residuos

generados en España en la fabricación de

baldosas cerámicas y en empresas rela-

cionadas con la industria azulejera, como

es el caso de las plantas de atomización,

las esmalteras y las compañías dedicadas

al pulido y al rectificado de las piezas.

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DANIEL LLORENS VILA-REAL

La Unión Europea apoya económicamente el proyecto que van a desarrollar los investigadores del ITC

para hallar fórmulas que permitan reducir y reciclar los elementos sobrantes de la producción azulejera

El sector cerámico busca el«vertido cero» de residuos

EL ITC IMPULSA LASOSTENIBILIDAD Y ECOEFICIENCIA

El Instituto de Tecnología Cerámica(ITC) consciente de la importancia que

los aspectos ambientales tienen para la

industria cerámica, promueve eldesarrollo de diferentes iniciativas que

constituyen un punto de apoyo esencial

a la hora de comunicar la sostenibilidad

de los productos y ganar competitividad

en los mercados internacionales.Actualmente son muchas las empresas

que se decantan por utilizar lainformación ambiental comoargumento de venta en aquellosmercados que demandan productosambientalmente correctos. Sinembargo, la enorme cantidad decertificados, ecoetiquetados ydistintivos dificultan la toma dedecisiones.El ITC ha desarrollado dos herramientas

denominadas CoverLeed by ITC yDapcer, además de llegar a un acuerdo

con el Tile Council of North America(TCNA) para promover la implantación

de la primera etiqueta a nivel mundial

en materia de sostenibilidad parabaldosas cerámicas y materiales deinstalación, denominada GreenSquared. La Green Squared, desarrollada por la

industria norteamericana de baldosas,

es la primera marca de sostenibilidadpensada exclusivamente para baldosas

cerámicas y materiales de instalación.

Se trata de una etiqueta multiatributo

que desarrolla requisitos ambientales y

sociales para identificar los materiales

cerámicos que presentan un perfil más

responsable, que permita a este tipo de

productos acceder de forma sencilla alos programas de certificación deconstrucción sostenible y licitaciones de

compra verde en EE UU.El ITC, con la colaboración del TCNA, ha

adaptado los requisitos de la GreenSquared para poder ser implantado en

la política medioambiental de empresas

españolas fabricantes de pavimentos y

revestimientos cerámicos.

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EDIFICACIÓN

LEVANTE-EMV

El sector cerámico europeo produce al año 3 millones de toneladas de residuos.C. RIPOLLÉS

Desde el ITC se propone crear unnuevo tipo de gres porcelánico para

uso exterior en cuya composiciónadmita más cantidad de residuos

Los investigadores recomiendan el

uso de las técnicas de molienda enseco y granulación que permitenreciclar todo tipo de residuos

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5/FUTURE CONTINUOUS DISSEMINATION PLANS

Project website.

Through the website: www.lifeceram.eu it will be possible to continue to have access to all the information related to the project, including a detailed description, problems encountered, results obtained, etc.

The members of Lifeceram will continue updating the information after the project has concluded, feeding in analytic moni-toring data about the project.Deadline: Periodically updates, depending on the changes, advances or improvements.Sources: ASCER, ITC and the partners of the project.

Promoting the project in sector fairs and congresses.

Attendance at trade fairs and congresses in order to publicize this Life project, where the disseminationmaterial will be dis-tributed, namely:

In Spain:• Cevisama 2017, in Valencia, February 20-24.• Congress of the Sociedad Española de Cerámica y Vidrio (Spanish Ceramic and glass Society) 2016• Qualicer 2018- World Wide Congress about the Quality of the ceramic tile- Castellón (Spain).

In Europe:• Cersaie 2016, Bologna- Italy- September 26-30.• Tecnargilla 2016 Rimini- Italy –September 26-30

Promotion of the project by the Lifeceram members

ITC will continue to promote the project among the ceramic companies in Spain and in Europe, and also in an International range throughout the organisation of activities of technology transfer of the result of the actions of R&D in different seminars held at ITC, as for example days of presentations, networking and brokerage events where the companies of the Spanish and European ceramic cluster are concentrated, in order to show to all of them the results and new products of the project, enhancing the tile manufacturing obtained from wastes coming in 100% from the whole ceramic process itself.

In the years to come, ITC and the partners of Lifeceram will continue to disseminate the results and presenting the new re-cycled ceramic tiles obtained in the main international technological forums Spanish, European and international, world wide leaders in the ceramic sector like: CEVISAMA in Spain, CERSAIE and TECNARGILLA in Italy, CERAMITEC, in Germany and CERAMIC NETWORK Pôle Éuropéen de la Céramique in France, among the most important events.Lifeceram will dissemi-nate as well, among the scientific community, the results of LIfeceram Project in the coming years, participating in the most important Congresses: QUALICER 2018, ECERS, SECV. Lifeceram will disseminate its results widely in the international and national technological forums organised by entities linked to the aspects and results developed in the project.

Every partner of the Lifeceram project will upload in their websites all the information about Lifeceram: Deadline: periodically.Sources: ITC, ASCER, KEROS, VERNIS, CHUMILLAS&TARONGI

Publications in sectorial magazines and in the media.

Production of articles for publication in the sectorial magazines an in specialised magazines in the Ceramic industry and the environment sector, as well as in newspapers or magazines for the general public.Deadline: periodically.Sources: ITC, ASCERIn addition, the project partners, manufacturers and trade associations will use their own dissemination channels, magazi-nes, data bases, seminars, etc., to ensure that the project is disseminated and promoted in other areas that are not in direct contact with the beneficiary.

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In addition, the project partners, manufacturers and trade associations will use their own dissemination channels, magazi-nes, data bases, seminars, etc., to ensure that the project is disseminated and promoted in other areas that are not in direct contact with the beneficiary.

Another future actions: Development and implementation of the new process and technology.

The partners of the project have acquired the commitment of the dissemination of the technology and development of the new ceramic urban tile:CHUMILLAS&TARONGI, S.L. will promote the technology of the new manufacturing process based on dry milling.VERNIS, S.A. will promote the manufacturing of new frits based on recycled materials.KEROS, S.A. will pro-mote the manufacturing of ceramic tiles for urban flooring. ASCER will promote the actions of dissemination of the project among the companies of the Spanish and European ceramic sector and to held, in collaboration with ITC, several meetings with the national and international public administrations in order to foster the implementation of the new processes of ma-nufacturing developed in Lifeceram project.

Design of new businesses models, new companies and new jobs.

The Lifeceram Consortium is preparing a proposal of a new model of business based on the creation of a new company which mission is to lead and innovate in the process of collect the wastes from the different companies of the ceramic sec-tor, pre-treat this wastes and serve it as revalued products to the companies, being ready to manufacture the Lifeceram pro-duct for urban flooring. At the present doesn´t exist in the market a company offering this service.Another model of business will be developed in order to promote the installation in the tile manufacturing plants of the new sustainable technologies based in dry milling and granulation.Institutional and political actions.Several meetings are planned for ITC and ASCER with the Ministries of Industry, Energy and Environment of the Spanish Government in order to bring the legislation and the legal regulations to make it easier for the companies the manufacture of the Lifeceram product. Nowadays the requirements of the legislation are in occasions really complicated and make very slow the development of the production.

Lifeceram members:Coordinator:

CHUMILLAS & TARONGI, S.L.Ctra. de Onda, Km. 2- P.O. Box 127-12540 Vila-real (Castellón)-Spain www.chumillas-tarongi.com

ASCERC/ Gínjols, nº 3-12003 Castellón (Spain)www.ascer.es

VERNÍS, S.A.Avda. Manuel Escobedo, 18- 12200 Onda (Castellón) Spainwww.vernis.es

KEROS, S.L. Ctra. Nacional 340 (Valencia-Bar-celona)-12520 Nules (Castellón) Spainwww.keros.com

Instituto de Tecnología Cerámica (ITC)Campus Riu Sec- Avda. Sos Baynat, s/n-12006 Castellón-SpainTel: +34964342424Fax: +34964342425e-mail: [email protected]

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