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Applied Chemistry & Materials Events LIFE+ 

Stakeholder Webinar: Advances in the Substitution of Hazardous Flame Retardants in Textile

May 27, 2020May 27, 2020 Carles Gimeno

On the 17th of June at 10:00, the LIFE FLAREX project is organising a stakeholder webinar about Advances in the

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Applied Chemistry & Materials LIFE+ 

Assessing safer flame retardants for the textile industry

June 11, 2019June 11, 2019 Carles Gimeno

LIFE-FLAREX project aims to reduce the impact on the environment, human health and workers’ safety of current harmful flame retardants

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Circular Economy LIFE+ 

Presentation of the MIDWOR-LIFE project in the OECD towards a more sustainable textile industry

November 8, 2018 Carles Gimeno

On October 30th, the European project MIDWOR-LIFE, led by AEI TÈXTILS (the cluster of technical textiles in Catalonia), presented its

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Circular Economy LIFE+ 

MIDWOR-LIFE Reaches its end but Work Continues Towards a More Sustainable Textile Industry

September 19, 2018September 19, 2018 Carles Gimeno

MIDWOR-LIFE is a project co-funded by LIFE programme that aims to reduce the impact on the environment, human health and

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Circular Economy LIFE+ 

Webinar from OECD/UN Environment Global PFC Group

August 28, 2018June 10, 2019 Carles Gimeno

Webinar from OECD/UN Environment Global PFC Group The MIDWOR-LIFE team has recently joined the Global PFC Group from the OECD with

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Circular Economy LIFE+ 

MIDWOR-LIFE Gathers International Stakeholders for its Final Event to Present Key Results

June 13, 2018August 5, 2020 Carles Gimeno

On June 5th, the final event of MIDWOR-LIFE gathered 36 stakeholders from 10 European countries in the field of substitution

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Circular Economy LIFE+ 

WDS awarded as Best LIFE-Environment Project 2016-2017

March 6, 2018September 19, 2019 Carles Gimeno

The Wooldryscouring (WDS) Project – Eco-Efficient Dry Wool Scouring with total by-products recovery – received the award of Best LIFE-Environment

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Applied Chemistry & Materials LIFE+ 

Alternative Flame Retardants discussed at LIFE-FLAREX Stakeholder’s Workshop

March 6, 2018March 6, 2018 Carles Gimeno

The LIFE-FLAREX Stakeholder’s workshop was held in Brussels on January 16th 2018 and it was co-organized by LIFE-FLAREX partnership, EURATEX-The

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Circular Economy Events LIFE+ 

Stakeholder workshop: Advances in the substitution of hazardous flame retardant chemicals in home textiles”

December 5, 2017May 13, 2020 Carles Gimeno

The FLAREX Life+ project and EURATEX will organise a workshop in association with the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) to discuss

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Circular Economy LIFE+ 

Life-Flarex highlighted by its great impact at the legislative level

November 16, 2017November 22, 2017 Carles Gimeno

EASME, the Executive Agency for Small and Medium Enterprises of the European Commission, organized a meeting to initiate all the

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Circular Economy LIFE+ 

Industrial demonstration of alternative DWOR due to begin in the next months!

August 4, 2017September 14, 2017 Carles Gimeno

MIDWOR-LIFE is already working with the six companies that will participate in the industrial demonstration of the alternative DWOR products

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Applied Chemistry & Materials LIFE+ 

How to mitigate the environmental impact caused by flame retardants?

August 2, 2017September 14, 2017 Carles Gimeno

On the 1st of July, a new project called LIFE-FLAREX started aiming to carry out an analysis of the environmental

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Applied Chemistry & Materials LIFE+ Projects 

LIFE-FLAREX

August 2, 2017September 12, 2018 Carles Gimeno

LIFE-FLAREX Mitigation of environmental impact caused by Flame Retardant textile finishing chemicals www.life-flarex.eu ABSTRACT LIFE-FLAREX aims to carry out an

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Circular Economy LIFE+ 

LEITAT on TV3! Microplastics, from the clothes to the sea

July 26, 2017September 19, 2019 Carles Gimeno

The famous TV show from Catalan TV3 Quèquicom came to LEITAT to learn about the effects of microplastics present in

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Applied Chemistry & Materials Circular Economy LIFE+ 

MERMAIDS in the news! Challenging the economy to reduce microfiber pollution

May 22, 2017September 19, 2019 Carles Gimeno

Last week, an article about the Mermaids project was published in The Guardian. Mermaids deals with the mitigation of microplastics

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Circular Economy LIFE+ 

BOATCYCLE selected as a best practice for circular economy in LIFE projects

April 11, 2017September 19, 2019 Carles Gimeno

In a recent publication of the European Commission entitled “LIFE and the Circular Economy”, the BOATCYCLE project has been selected

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Applied Chemistry & Materials LIFE+ 

New durable water and oil repellent products used in the textile industry

April 2, 2017September 19, 2019 Carles Gimeno

MIDWOR-LIFE is a project cofounded by LIFE+ programme that aims to reduce the impact on the environment, human health and

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Circular Economy LIFE+ 

La tecnología debe contribuir a un desarrollo más sostenible

January 2, 2017September 19, 2019 Carles Gimeno

El 31 de diciembre de 2016 el Diari de Terrassa ha publicado un articulo sobre el proyecto REAGRITECH. Pulse aquí

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Circular Economy LIFE+ 

Retrospectiva sobre el taller de MERMAIDS: como reducir la cantidad de microplásticos?

December 5, 2016May 13, 2020 Carles Gimeno

El 1 de diciembre de 2016, el equipo de MERMAIDS de LEITAT ha organizado un taller para promover el proyecto

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Circular Economy Events LIFE+ 

Apúntate! Regeneración y reutilización de agua de escorrentía y drenaje en parcelas agrícolas

November 30, 2016May 13, 2020 Carles Gimeno

El día 14 de diciembre 2016, el proyecto REAGRITECH organiza su jornada final para presentar sus resultados como el impacto

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Circular Economy LIFE+ 

Did you know that every time you put the washing machine you release microplastics to the sea?

November 20, 2016September 19, 2019 Carles Gimeno

The European project MERMAIDS will distribute 100% cotton bags for use in washing machines, to raise awareness about the release

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Applied Chemistry & Materials Circular Economy LIFE+ 

Online ECOTEXNANO Tool launched! Try it for free!

November 17, 2016September 19, 2019 Carles Gimeno

Are you textfile finisher or do you sell finished fabrics?   Would you like to know what environmental impacts have

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Circular Economy Events LIFE+ 

Workshop: Textil y detergencia abordan los microplásticos de los tejidos en el mar

October 18, 2016September 19, 2019 Carles Gimeno

Las industrias textiles y de detergentes se unen para abordar la presencia de microplásticos de nuestros tejidos en el mar!

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Circular Economy LIFE+ 

MIDWOR-LIFE Consortium 1st year meeting

October 3, 2016September 19, 2019 Carles Gimeno

Last Tuesday, 27th of September, the consortium of MIDWOR-LIFE project held the annual meeting at the facilities of IQAC-CSIC, in

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Circular Economy LIFE+ 

BOHEALTH will help on Improving the Environmental Performance of Healthcare Centres

July 29, 2016September 19, 2019 Carles Gimeno

BOHEALTH PROJECT IS COMING TO AN END   BOHEALTH LIFE+ project has started on July 2013 and it is near

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Circular Economy LIFE+ 

WDS project presents its results at Greenwoolf Workshop in Biella, Italy

June 16, 2016September 19, 2019 Carles Gimeno

On the 16th of June, Sandra Balsells from LEITAT attended the LIFE GREENWOOLF Project Workshop in Biella, Italy, to present

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Circular Economy LIFE+ 

MIDWOR-LIFE Newsletter: how to mitigate the environmental impact caused by current DWORs

June 9, 2016September 19, 2019 Carles Gimeno

The first newslettwe of MIDWOR-LIFE project is out! Click here to read it!   MIDWOR-LIFE studies how to mitigate the

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Wool Dry Scouring
Circular Economy LIFE+ 

The Wool Dry Scouring Process simply explained

June 5, 2016September 19, 2019 Carles Gimeno

The merino wool contains around 50% grease and dirt. This is usually discharged as an emulsion in waste water during

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Circular Economy LIFE+ 

Open Infoday about the environmental improvement of the healthcare centres

May 2, 2016September 19, 2019 Carles Gimeno

The BOHEALTH project comes to the end and the final event “Innovation for environmental improvement in healthcare centre” will be

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Circular Economy LIFE+ 

How many microplastics are really in the sea?

April 20, 2016September 19, 2019 Carles Gimeno

We will have a preliminary answer on May 15th if the weather is good! On that day, the King Fisher

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Circular Economy LIFE+ 

Life cycle analyses and Risk Analyses of nanomaterials used in textile finishing

April 6, 2016September 19, 2019 Carles Gimeno

EcoTexNano just published its second newsletter. Click here to download it!   In fall 2013 EcoTexNano started its exploration towards

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BOHEALTH Video
Circular Economy LIFE+ 

How to reduce the environmental impact associated to the health sector? A simpple video.

March 4, 2016June 5, 2018 Carles Gimeno

BOHEALTH aims to reduce the environmental impact associated to the health sector (e.g. hospitals) by facilitating the decision making process

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Circular Economy LIFE+ 

REMEMBRANE Layman report published: How to recover old membranes at low cost

February 29, 2016September 19, 2019 Carles Gimeno

The REMEMBRANE project layman report has been published. The document provides a general explanation for a non-specialised audience in order

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MIDWOR
Circular Economy LIFE+ 

Eco-friendly products for the textile industry should replace toxic ones in the future

February 22, 2016September 19, 2019 Carles Gimeno

MIDWOR-LIFE aims to mitigate the environmental, health and safety impacts of current Durable Water and Oil Repellents (DWOR) and future

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EcotexNano
Circular Economy LIFE+ 

Life cycle analyses and Risk Analyses of nanomaterials used in textile finishing

February 15, 2016September 19, 2019 Carles Gimeno

In fall 2013 EcoTexNano started its exploration towards the safe use of Nanomaterials in textile finishing operations. By now the

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RMT-WDS
Circular Economy LIFE+ 

Review of the WDS Final Workshop – Wool Dry Scouring

February 10, 2016September 19, 2019 Carles Gimeno

Now that the Final Workshop of the WDS (Wool Dry Scouring) Project is over, we propose you to access the

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Reagritech video
Circular Economy LIFE+ 

Reagritech project publishes its video! Regeneration and reuse of runoff and drainage water

February 4, 2016September 19, 2019 Carles Gimeno

The project REAGRITECH stands for Regeneration and reuse of runoff and drainage water in agricultural plots by combined naturally water

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WDS workshop
Circular Economy Events LIFE+ 

Livecast of the WDS Workshop in Barcelona

February 4, 2016August 21, 2017 Carles Gimeno

For the first time, the WDS Project is having a livecast. Wach it here! Click on the first Tweet of

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Dry Wool Scouring
Circular Economy Events LIFE+ 

Meet Professionals from the Wool Sector – WDS Final workshop 04/02/2016 in Barcelona

January 11, 2016September 19, 2019 Carles Gimeno

A short notice about the Final Workshop of the Eco-Efficient Dry Wool Scouring with total by-products recovery (WDS) project on

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BOHEALTH video tutorial
Circular Economy LIFE+ 

BOHEALTH Online Tool Tutorial Video published!

January 7, 2016June 5, 2018 Carles Gimeno

The BOHEALTH Online Tool Tutorial video has been published!   The BOHEALTH web tool is designed for personnel responsible for

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WDS workshop
Circular Economy Events LIFE+ 

Final Workshop of Dry Wool Scouring Project in Barcelona – 04/02/2016

December 18, 2015September 19, 2019 Carles Gimeno

The WDS project is having its final workshop in Barcelona on the 4th of February 2016.   WDS is a

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REMEMBRANE article technical
Circular Economy LIFE+ 

Recovering Reverse Osmosis membranes costs less than buying new Membranes

December 14, 2015September 19, 2019 Carles Gimeno

Did you know that recovering reverse osmosis membranes costs less than buying new membranes? Well this article might be of

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Mermaids video
Circular Economy LIFE+ 

Mermaids Project Video released! Best practice to reach the right audience

December 4, 2015September 19, 2019 Carles Gimeno

The Mermaids Project Video has been released! Watch it right here!   Just by doing the laundry we are all

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iaguaTV
Circular Economy LIFE+ 

Objective for Aqualia: Desalinate with zero costs

November 13, 2015August 21, 2017 Carles Gimeno

How to deslinate with zero costs? Juan Manuel Ortiz, Researcher within the department of Innovation and Technology Aqualia, highlighted in

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Circular Economy Events LIFE+ 

Microplastic in the environment: LEITAT attends international conference in Cologne

November 9, 2015September 19, 2019 Carles Gimeno

Microplastic in the environment are a big issue in today’s world and LEITAT is putting resources to develop innovative solutions.

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REMEMBRANE Pilot Plan
Circular Economy LIFE+ 

Review of the final event of REMEMBRANE – Reverse Osmosis Membranes Recovery

November 5, 2015September 19, 2019 Carles Gimeno

The final event of the project REMEMBRANE, the project about Reverse Osmosis Membranes Recovery, took place in Barcelona on the

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Circular Economy LIFE+ 

Progress meeting in Valencia of EcoTexNano at ITENE

November 5, 2015September 19, 2019 Carles Gimeno

The EcoTexNano consortium met on the 2nd of November in Valencia, Spain, for the 26 month meeting within the ITENE

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Circular Economy FP7 LIFE+ 

Integration of Databases into Risk Assessment Tools: Collaboration Meeting of Nanosafety Cluster Projects

November 5, 2015February 13, 2020 Carles Gimeno

The Integration of Databases into Risk Assessment Tools is becoming a trending topic. Software Tools are under development in several

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Circular Economy Events FP7 LIFE+ 

Joint Workshop on Risk Assessment & Management Strategies Applied to Nanomaterials

November 5, 2015February 13, 2020 Carles Gimeno

The technological center ITENE is organising a joint workshop on risk assessment and risk management strategies applied to nanomaterials. The

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Circular Economy LIFE+ 

Dry Wool Scouring project meets in Tavares and visits the wool cleaning facilities

October 26, 2015September 19, 2019 Carles Gimeno

The project entitled Eco-Efficient Dry Wool Scouring with total by-products recovery (WDS) managed by LEITAT hold its last meeting at

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