Landfills have always been considered as the main practice of the waste disposal for the minimum costs ensured [1]. However, this practice implicates local pollution, methane emissions, as well as limitations as regard of the urban development [2]. These concerns resulted into the development of the new concept of “Enhanced Landfill Mining” (ELFM) proposed by Jones et al. “This process involves the excavation and processing of waste from closed landfill sites or the completed sections of operational landfill sites”. It represents “the integrated valorisation of landfilled waste strea

Alcoholera Catalana S.A. is a Spanish enterprise situated in Sta. Margarida i els Monjos since 1964. Its main activity is the production of rectified alcohol and derivatives aimed to obtain the distillation of the ethyl alcohol coming from the fermentation and get rectified alcohol at more than 96%. The heating system is made of indirect vapour with condensate vapours recovery and the process is based on a continuous system of columns of rectification and atmospheric pressure trays.   The raw materials used in the described system come from other enterprises as liquids characterised by diffe

The Food Bank Foundation of Barcelona is an organisation characterized by receiving food donations and classifying them into lots prepared for each of the recipient entities that attend the final beneficiaries. Its main function is to recover all the food that is not marketable, but consumable, and distribute it among the people who need it. This activity is carried out free of charge. It applies food security and fair distribution security through recognized charities entities, providing transparency during the distribution, by contributing to sustainability and waste prevention. The particip

El 20 de Marzo de 2017 se aprobó y se hizo pública la convocatoria y las bases reguladoras de las subvenciones para la ejecución de proyectos de prevención, preparación para la reutilización y reciclaje de residuos industriales. Pueden optar a las subvenciones reguladas en estas bases las microempresas, las pymes, las medianas y grandes empresas y las agrupaciones de empresas con establecimiento operativo y el centro productivo en Cataluña. El plazo de la presentación de las solicitudes es hasta el el 31 de Mayo del 2017,  dos meses a contar desde la publicación. La dotación máxi