The 14th edition of the National Environmental Congress (CONAMA) took place between November 26 and 29, under the slogan “Towards 20.30”, in the Municipal Conference Center of Madrid.This edition of the congress, held every two years, was intended to promote the accomplishment of the challenges set by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development of the [...]
On the occasion of the European Week of Waste Reduction 2018, the Conference "Integral Strategies for the reduction of food waste" was organized on November 22 at the School of International Trade of the University Pompeu Fabra (ESCI-UPF) in Barcelona. During the morning session, the Ceres and Zero Cabin waste projects were presented. Both [...]
During the last meeting of the LIFE Zero Cabin Waste Consortium held on November 21 in Barcelona, we had the opportunity to learn about the CERES project thanks to the presentation of Elodie Lemaire, one of the researchers that is developing it.The Project CERES-ProCon, is a project framed in the National R&D Plan and has [...]
On November 21, a new follow-up meeting of Life ZCW project took place at the Escuela Superior de Comercio International at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (ESCI-UPF) in Barcelona. The meeting was attended by representatives of all the partners involved in the project: Iberia, Ecoembes, ESCI-UPF, Ferrovial and Gate Gourmet, as well as staff of the [...]
On October 9, the waste selective collection began on Iberia's short and medium-haul flights, through the implementation of the separation and collection protocol of Zero Cabin Waste.Iberia’s crew carries out the separation of waste thanks to the new model of two-compartments waste trolley approved in the last trial phase developed in June. In this trolley, [...]
During the month of October, a series of on-board waste separation tests were carried out on international non-EU flights. The separation protocol consists of a series of good practices for the correct use of on-board compactors. These are small compacting boxes where lightweight packaging waste that has not contained food of animal origin (mainly [...]
How we announced a few weeks ago, on the occasion of the European Week of Waste Reduction 2018, we organize the seminar "Comprehensive strategies for the reduction of food waste", which will be finally celebrated on November 22 in Barcelona. Thanks to two examples, the Ceres Project and the Zero Cabin Waste Project, the [...]
Between October 16 and 20, the "International Conference on Life Cycle Assessment of Food 2018" (LCA Food 2018) took place in Bangkok, Thailand. This year's theme, the eleventh edition, revolved around "Global food challenges towards sustainable consumption and production".Gonzalo Blanca, head of the LIFE Zero Cabin Waste Project at ESCI-UPF, made an oral presentation entitled [...]
The report SDG, YEAR 3. A global alliance for the 2030 Agenda, published by the Spanish Network of the Global Compact, for the 3rd anniversary of the approval of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development by the United Nations Assembly, refers to LIFE Zero Cabin Waste. Specifically, it stands out as an example of partnership [...]
Over the course of October, the first tests of separation of waste on international non-EU flights, flights with origin or destination outside of Europe, have begun.These are the seven scheduled flights with separation of waste: 10.10.2018 - Panama (Panama) - Madrid 11.10.2018 - San José (Costa Rica) - Madrid 19.10.2018 - Miami (United States) - [...]
