Waste recovery

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Turning waste into profitable and valuable products

Waste valorization seeks to valorize waste to obtain useful and economically profitable products, such as energy, construction materials, animal feed or fertilizers, among others. This is done through chemical, physical or biological conversion processes (composting, recycling, energy recovery, etc.) that reduce environmental impact and waste disposal costs, as well as taking advantage of resources in an economically profitable and environmentally sustainable manner.

Technological lines

Bioeconomy

Integral support service for forest bioeconomy entrepreneurship and generation of innovative business models.

Biotechnology and green chemistry in resource management

Use of biological systems to develop technologies and products that help reduce environmental impact and improve resource efficiency.

Characterization of biofuels

Elemental and energy analysis of biomass and other biofuels

Circular economy applied to mining and environment

key technologies such as circular economy, strategic raw materials, advanced materials, innovative energy and CO2 capture.

Development of biotechnological processes

Design and development of innovative biotechnological processes for high value-added products.

Environmental laboratory

Certified testing of noise and environmental contamination of water, waste, sludge and soil.

Environmental sustainability

Reduction of environmental impacts of processes through life cycle analysis and eco-design

Food quality, safety and sustainability

Advanced rapid sensing applications for food quality and safety

Food value chain

Specialization in consulting and optimization of operations in the agri-food industry.

HBIM modeling and digital technologies for cultural heritage

Advanced digitization systems and intelligent management of historical cultural assets.

Improvement and research in agronomic processes and soil management.

Improving cropping systems, soil reclamation and sustainable practices

Plastic materials

Formulation of customized and sustainable plastic materials according to specifications and desired properties

Sustainable chemical processes

New catalytic, thermochemical and biobased chemical processes

Valorization of resources and processing of strategic minerals

Waste valorization and recovery of relevant products

Biological and thermochemical processes to reduce impact and valorize organic wastes