Comunicato Stampa RE-THINK CIRCULAR ECONOMY FORUM MILANO 10-11 Febbraio – Camera di commercio Milano Monza Brianza Lodi & Triennale Milano Aziende, organizzazioni, istituzioni, startup ed enti di ricerca hanno mostrato il loro percorso tutto circolare per favorire la nascita di attività innovative e imprenditoriali a livello nazionale ed internazionale. Guarda qui i video dell’evento: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMhNgYTmy-w&list=PLarQF1QLckGwdcLF1scuynMhpapB8Rn_x Milano, 14 febbraio 2022 – Si è da poco conclusa la 5° edizione del Re-think – Circular Economy Forum, evento promosso e organizzato da Tondo, organizzazione internazionale operante nel settore dell’Economia Circolare, svoltosi il 10 ed 11 febbraio presso Camera di commercio Milano Monza Brianza Lodi e Triennale Milano in modalità ibrida tra evento fisico ed online. Cinque le tematiche trattate durante la 2 giorni: Agri-food, Tessile e Moda, Città, Materiali e Tecnologie Digitali con un unico focus comune, l’Economia Circolare. Più di 60 le aziende, startup ed istituzioni coinvolte che hanno presentato e raccontato i loro percorsi e progetti nel mondo dell’Economia Circolare e della sostenibilità. Non soltanto testimonianze di prodotti e servizi circolari italiani, ma ci sono stati anche contributi di attori europei all’avanguardia che hanno arricchito il forum, dando un taglio più internazionale all’evento. Tra i partner dell’evento la Camera di Commercio Milano Monza Brianza Lodi, Esselunga, ATM, A2A, UniCredit, il Consolato Generale dei Paesi Bassi a Milano, Teads Italia, EPM, Fondazione Pistoletto – Cittadellarte Fashion B.E.S.T, CUEIM, in rappresentanza della Interreg MED Green Growth Community con i progetti PEFMED plus e ARISTOIL pluse ALMED – Alta Scuola in Media Comunicazione e Spettacolo dell’Università Cattolica. “Siamo molto soddisfatti del successo, sia in termini di imprese partecipanti che di pubblico, che ha riscosso Re-Think, forum che UniCredit ha deciso di patrocinare con grande entusiasmo perché pienamente coerente con la strategia di sviluppo sostenibile di UniCredit Unlocked, il Piano Strategico 2022-2024 della banca –...
Month: February 2022
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9 February 2022During our Re-think Circular Economy Forum held in Milan in October 2020, Seiichiro Tabata, Triporous Technology Leader at Sony, explained to us about Triporous a brand new porous carbon material Seiichiro and his team developed from rice husks, and during his presentation he explained what it is and how it can contribute to social issues. What is Triporous? In 1991, Sony commercialized lithium-ion batteries for the first time in the world. Triporous was developed in the process of exploring new electrode carbon materials for lithium-ion batteries. In the project, they were looking for a biomass containing silica as a raw material. They had a lot of knowledge about procedure of artificial high-performance porous carbon for battery derived from resin/silica nano material. That is why, they decided to focus on rice husk as a raw material. Taking a look to the manufacturing scheme of Triporous from rice husk it is important to highlight that large part of rice husk, about 20% of the total weight, is silica. Therefore, they have to carbonize the rice husk, and then, etch the carbonaceous material off silica by a basic solution. Then, the porous carbon gets activated by steam, and finally, results in the generation of three kinds of pores. By the way sodium silicate generated from this silica removal process and they recently used it to develop a new functional material called “Zeolite”. Triporous has not only mesopore but also unique large macropore. Conventional activated carbons does not show large pore structure as Triporous does. Conventional activated carbon mainly consists of micropore below 2 nm. However, Triporous has 3 kinds of pore, micropore, mesopore and macropore and this is why they named it “Triporous”. When looking at Triporous it is visible the presence of larger “macro” and “meso” pores which in typical activated carbon,...
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3 February 2022The startup from Vicenza recovers organic residues to nobilitate them and give them new life. Mixcycling blends are materials that carry an important message of sustainability, calling for a more virtuous use of resources. What is Mixcycling? Mixcycling Srl is an innovative startup that creates sustainable biocomposites by recovering organic scrap fibers and combining them with polymer bases (carriers) which can be biobased, recycled, virgin, biodegradable, or biodegradable and compostable. Born at the start of 2020, it is a young, dynamic company but with a long history behind it: it originates from a 50 year-old closures producer with a strong background in cork processing and injection moulding. It was from the necessity of recovering a valuable scrap like cork that the Mixcycling® concept was born. Proprio dalla necessità di recuperare uno scarto di valore come il sughero è sorto il concept. Since the startup was established in 2020, new fibers have joined the cork-based blends, like rice husk, miscanthus, marc and numerous other, which the company constantly researches and tests. The Triangular Economy Mixcycling blends are materials that carry an important message of sustainability, calling for a more virtuous use of resources. The blends’ production process itself, which involves nobilitating scraps, is an example of this message, articulated in the concept of Triangular Economy. Introduced by Mixcycling in early 2020, it is meant to complete and add to the popular concept of Circular Economy. Born in contrast to the more ‘traditional’ idea of a linear economy, where a product is made, used, and thrown away, the circular economy model advocates for a better use of resources, so after being consumed the product is recovered or parts of it are recycled and are put back into the production process. Mixcycling has made this concept even more virtuous and has produced the...