The press conference, held last Thursday, October 12, 2023, was an opportunity for the partners to present the results obtained, giving voice to the researchers directly involved in the ReVOC4LIFE project. The ReVOC4LIFE project is now about halfway through its journey: the VOC-TAN prototype placed in BCN Concerie SpA, in Santa Croce sull’Arno, has shown …
We are delighted to extend a warm invitation to you for the following event: Thursday, October 12, 2023 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM It is the presentation of the “ReVoc4LIFE Project – LIFE20 ENV/IT/000688” Recovery of VOCs by reversible adsorption on sintered granulate from sewage sludge treatment which will be held at AQUARNO Consortium …
At the workshop The Bioeconomy Day 2023 organized by the University of Pisa, Professor Maurizia Seggiani presented the ReVOC4LIFE project to the community with a talk entitled “Bioeconomy projects: when wastes become resources”. Prof. Seggiani explained that the project ReVOC4LIFE proposed industrial wastes as sorbents to develop more sustainable and efficient abatement systems for the …
Dr. Pacchi of BCN Concerie, Eng. Cappello of the University of Pisa and Eng. Bernardi of Consorzio Aquarno introduced the topic of “sustainable research” to senior students of the Cattaneo Institute in San Miniato. At the institute, the speakers talked about the issues related to environmental impacts attributable to VOCs, how they are regulated …
Everything that allows the tannery to support others: people who live and work in the company for example, but also the rest of the world around us. BCN sells luxury leathers, so the ultimate aim is to keep the products offered with the same quality as always, without forgetting to invest time and resources in …
“Sustainability,” from the Latin “sustinere,” meaning “to hold from underneath,” to support something that needs support, outside help. In environmental sciences and in today’s common parlance, the term sustainability refers to the ability to maintain a balance between human activities and the natural environment, ensuring the study and use of new resources to date considered …
BCN Concerie, with the Consorzio Aquarno, is within a well-established circularity system: the District of Santa Croce sull’Arno. All the environmental impacts of the tannery are already mitigated through consolidated activities within the district system, except for VOC emissions into the atmosphere which are, however, subject to monitoring by the Tuscany Region. The VOC emissions …
ReVOC4LIFE, the research project founded by EU which aim to reduce the environmental impact within Life Programme, was on stage at the exhibition Lineapelle 100 edition with the dissemination material inside the stand of BCN Concerie, one of the project partners, and with the talk “REVOC4LIFE, we clean the air with waste”. Lineapelle is …
by Maurizia Seggiani and Patrizia Cinelli – Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering These are some research and development projects that have the implementation of processes as objectives at different scales innovative treatment and abatement of volatile organic solvents (VOCs) from emissions of leather painting booths, increasing removal efficiencies compared to those achieved with traditional …
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KEU is a special non-hazardous waste deriving from waste water treatment plants (CER 190112). As stated by ARPAT (Regional Agency for Environmental Protection of Tuscany), it is material deriving from the heat treatment of the sewage sludge produced by the Aquarno purifier, into which the wastewater from the tanning companies of Santa Croce sull’Arno is …
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