The final event of the LIFE iCirBus-4Industries project was held on 4 December 2020, in online format, where the results of the project were presented and attended by more than 30 participants.

<p>The conference began with a welcome from Jos&eacute; Luis Llerena Ruiz, Director of CTAEX, which was followed by an institutional speech by Olga Garc&iacute;a Garc&iacute;a, Minister of Ecological Transition and Sustainability of the Regional Government of Extremadura, who declared that the development of the circular economy in general and the use of waste in particular require &quot;a multi-sector approach and transversal technologies with multiple fields of application, where innovation in materials, products and processes is a determining factor&quot;.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: right;"><img alt="" src="https://www.ctaex.com/icirbus/ficheros/imagenes/2020_12/2d.jpg" style="width: 204px; height: 200px;" />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<img alt="" src="https://www.ctaex.com/icirbus/ficheros/imagenes/2020_12/2c.jpg" style="width: 374px; height: 200px;" /></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;</p> <p>Subsequently, the results of the LIFE iCirBus-4Industries - <em>Innovative Circular Businesses on Energy, Water, Fertilizer &amp; Construction Industries towards a Greener Regional Economy </em>project were presented by project technicians: Angel Encinas from AQUALIA, gave a general introduction to the project; Miguel Angel Bueno from DISAIM Ingenier&iacute;a, explained the design of the prototype; and, on the resulting products, Ascensi&oacute;n Ciruelos from CTAEX, and Marisa Carmona from INTROMAC, dealt with the subject of fertilizers and construction materials respectively.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="https://www.ctaex.com/icirbus/ficheros/imagenes/2020_12/3.jpg" style="width: 469px; height: 250px;" />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<img alt="" src="https://www.ctaex.com/icirbus/ficheros/imagenes/2020_12/4.jpg" style="width: 359px; height: 250px;" />&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="https://www.ctaex.com/icirbus/ficheros/imagenes/2020_12/5_1.jpg" style="width: 360px; height: 250px;" />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<img alt="" src="https://www.ctaex.com/icirbus/ficheros/imagenes/2020_12/6_1.jpg" style="width: 472px; height: 250px;" /></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;</p> <p>Once the results of the project were presented, the turn of other LIFE projects with similar themes began, which belong to the network established in the project, giving way to Javier S&aacute;nchez, a researcher from the company Depuraci&oacute;n de Aguas del Mediterr&aacute;neo, from the LIFE ANADRY project -<em> Dry anaerobic digestion technology as a viable alternative for the management of sludge produced in the WWTPs;</em>&nbsp;David San Mart&iacute;n, a researcher from the AZTI Technology Centre, from the LIFE BREWERY project - <em>New strategies for improving the sustainability of breweries: full waste recovery for aquaculture feed;</em>&nbsp;Sara Guti&eacute;rrez, researcher at the University of Burgos, from the LIFE-Repolyuse - <em>REcovery of POLYurethane for reUSE in eco-efficient materials project;</em>&nbsp;and Zane Sērmauk&scaron;a, head of the Balticfloc company from the LIFE PHIPP - <em>Paper-hemp insulation pilot production project.</em></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="https://www.ctaex.com/icirbus/ficheros/imagenes/2020_12/7_1.jpg" style="width: 446px; height: 250px;" />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<img alt="" src="https://www.ctaex.com/icirbus/ficheros/imagenes/2020_12/8_1.jpg" style="width: 464px; height: 250px;" />&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="https://www.ctaex.com/icirbus/ficheros/imagenes/2020_12/1607707603.jpg" style="width: 472px; height: 250px;" />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<img alt="" src="https://www.ctaex.com/icirbus/ficheros/imagenes/2020_12/1607707602.jpg" style="width: 440px; height: 250px;" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">You can access the recording of the event <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwyLXZtFeEo&amp;feature=youtu.be" target="_blank">HERE</a></p>