BluePlasma Power, a firm installed in Espaitec, will work together with another Valencian company and two technological institutes in the development of a technology that facilitates the decontamination, recovery, transport and intelligent management for the recycling of PPE material
La FISABIO Foundation developed, through the Research and Innovation Unit of the Lluís Alcanyís Hospital in Xàtiva, together with the Innovation Area of the Xàtiva-Ontinyent Health Department a project to promote intelligent management of waste produced by Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and promote the circular economy. In this sense, la Valencian Innovation Agency (AVI) has granted aid of 645.000 euros to carry out the initiative in which The company linked to Espaitec participates, Blue Plasma Power, together with Global Tech Strategies, the Technological Institute of Packaging, Transport and Logistics (ITENE) and the Food Technology Institute (AINIA).
During the first phase of the research, an in-hospital system will be developed for the intelligent management and decontamination of PPE used by healthcare personnel through the use of specific containers, a marking, identification and collection system as well as a traceability process during transport, weighing and processing. In the treatment stage within the hospital premises, specific decontamination technologies and, then, the equipment will be transported to recovery facilities where it will be subjected to a thermochemical treatment through hydrogasification processes.
On the other hand, another of the purposes of the project is reduce the environmental impact of using PPE, so at the end of the material decontamination process, methanol will be obtained, a product that can be used to obtain plastics to be used again in applications such as packaging or new protective equipment. After completing the development phase, this initiative It will be tested in the facilities of the Lluís Alcanyís Hospital in Xàtiva.
Blue Plasma Power
BluePlasma Power is a firm that was born like a efficient and profitable solution to the global problem of non-recyclable organic waste. The company's specialty is integrating existing technologies that form synergy to obtain innovative compact production lines, producing final products at low cost. In addition, it has its own patented technology such as Value +, to valorize organic waste that is not recyclable with conventional technologies, and Gas+, for fuel savings in the industry.
