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The GMT in the Science Week

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From 10 to 12 November 2022 you can visit in Tabakalera (Donostia) the stands and activities that the UPV/EHU has organized on Science Week. The GMT research group is participating with a stand, called Plastics and Circular Economy in which it presents some of the results of the research developed by different members of the group in the area of recycling. This stand has been organized with the collaboration of the Circular Economy University-Company Classroom (Faculty of Engineering Gipuzkoa, UPV/EHU, Provincial Council of Gipuzkoa). Some of the results presented includes the development of transformation processes and chemical recycling of marine litter (fishing nets, PET bottles, HDPE boats), industrial waste (polyurethane powder derived from the plastics industry, etc.) and industrial waste (polyurethane powder derived from the surf board production) and waste from the primary sector (latxa sheep wool, ear tag).