The European Commission, Directorate-General for Climate Action (DG CLIMA), has appointed our CEO, Andere Basterretxea Gorostiza, European Climate Pact Ambassador representing POLYKEY! The European Climate Pact is an initiative of the European Commission that provides opportunities for people, communities and organisations to participate in climate action across Europe to: • Learn about climate change • […]
Recently, the Federación Empresarial de la Industria Química Española (Feique), together with the Instituto Tecnológico del Plástico (Aimplas) and Plastics Europe, have published the first report that analyses the situation and degree of implementation of chemical recycling in Spain and a prospective for the future of this technology. This study provides an overview of the […]
Based on the Nature index of 2018, the famous review has recently released a top classifying the 200 best cities for scientific investigations. Considering the quantity and quality of scientific publications, San Sebastian enters at rank 198, only the biggest Spanish cities such as Madrid, Valencia, and Barcelona are also in this top. This is […]
In “Science to enable sustainable plastics” released this week, the Royal Society of Chemistry identifies the 4 most pressing research challenges for a sustainable plastic economy. By summarising the outcomes of the 8th Chemical Sciences and Society Summit (CS3) held in November 2019, the authors have pointed out that research needs to be carried on: […]
The Basque Country’s circular economy strategy is based on 4 areas of action, innovation and research in the field of sustainable materials and recycling being among them. The circular economy supposes a change of paradigm in the way of using natural resources and, therefore, of relating to the environment. In the new circular model, the […]
