Brief description
The circular economy model seeks to create a regenerative and sustainable system. Z-ONA4LIFE fully embraces this vision by leveraging innovative technologies and sustainable practices to efficiently utilise and repurpose aluminium salt slag, thereby promoting circularity in the aluminium industry.
Z-ONA4LIFE promises far-reaching impacts:
- Technical and Social: It aligns with the new Circular Economy Action Plan, encourages the sharing of best practices, and raises awareness among EU citizens about the environmental and socio-economic benefits of the Z-ONA4LIFE solution for resource recovery from industrial waste.
- Environmental: It enhances waste management, promotes resource reduction, reduces emissions of pollutants into the air, and safeguards soil quality.
With Z-ONA4LIFE, the EU takes a bold step towards a more sustainable and circular future for the aluminium industry, setting a precedent for global environmental stewardship.
Our role
The project, coordinated by CSIC, is composed of six renewed research and industrial partners with high experience in the circular economy field. Within Z-ONA4LIFE, Trust-IT leads the Work Package (WP6) for the dissemination, sustainability, replication and exploitation of the project resultswith the specific objectives to:
- Developing and implementing an effective communication and dissemination strategy.
- Ensuring the exploitation of project results, widespread replication, and a reliable sustainability plan.
- Elaborating an effective business strategy to accelerate international market uptake and onboarding.
In WP6, Trust'IT plays a central role, alongside COMMpla, in the following tasks:
- Dissemination and Communication (T6.1): COMMpla leads this task with strong support from Trust-IT and all partners. They oversee dissemination, communication, and event organisation.
- Business Strategy (T6.4): Trust-IT takes the lead in crafting a business strategy for international market acceleration, with backing from FERROSADIM and ALUSIGMA.
Trust-IT is also involved in other key tasks:
- EU Policy and Market Study (T2.2): Trust-IT conducts desktop research and market analysis, leading public consultations with stakeholders. ALUSIGMA and FERROSADIM assist in data analysis and report development.
- Monitoring KPIS (T5.1): COMMpla and Trust-IT provide KPIs related to international communication, dissemination, and exploitation. CSIC collaborates with FERROSADIM for KPI verification.
- Evaluation of Impact (T5.2): ALUSIGMA leads the environmental analysis, while Trust-IT conducts the international economic study with support from FERROSADIM.
Impact
The following achievements contribute significantly to knowledge transfer impact:
- Obtained at least one international patent.
- Orchestrated two specialised scientific-technical workshops led by CSIC.
- Hosted eight informative webinars.
- Successfully conducted and delivered four training workshops.
- Organised two open days during the project, allowing visits to ALUSIGMA's pilot zeolite transformation plant and COGERSA's effluent depuration demo plant. [KPI: Sustaining 1 open day per workshop for 5 years post-project]
- Produced a minimum of 15 scientific communications, encompassing peer-reviewed and non-peer-reviewed journals, congresses, and exhibitions.
- Influenced policy through two dedicated impact events.
Results
- A detailed dissemination, communication, and stakeholder outreach strategy and plan (DECP).
- Implementation of outreach campaigns to build a community and enhance the capacity for the project.
- A roadmap outlining how the results of Z-ONA4LIFE can be replicated.
- A business strategy for the pan-European rollout of Z-ONA-4LIFE.
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