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lunes, 14 de octubre de 2013

Seminario gratuito "Empleo Verde y Residuos: Experiencias nacionales e internacionales en el sector"


El próximo 29 de octubre se celebrará el Seminario gratuito "Empleo Verde y Residuos: Experiencias nacionales e internacionales en el sector", enmarcado en el ámbito de las actividades formativas transversales promovidas por el Máster en Gestión Sostenible de los Residuos.

Esta actividad forma parte del ciclo de Seminarios "Jornadas Verdes", que tienen como objetivo acercar la realidad del sector de los Residuos y el Medio Ambiente en general a los estudiantes y profesionales de esta especialidad.

Vendrán ponentes de Eurocontrol, DGM, Abengoa, Grupo ACS y la propia Cátedra ECOEMBES.

El lugar de celebración será la Sala de Grados de la Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de Montes de la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, en horario de tarde (de 16:00h a 18:00h),  y para reservar una plaza es necesario enviar un email a: catedra.ecoembes@upm.es.

Puedes consultar el programa en nuestra web o pinchando aquí.

lunes, 16 de enero de 2012

Waste – a short cut to job creation and lower costs


Brussels, 13 January 2012 - Full implementation of EU waste legislation would save €72 billion a year, increase the annual turnover of the EU waste management and recycling sector by €42 billion and create over 400,000 jobs by 2020 according to a European Commission study published today. Illegal waste operations in Member States are causing missed opportunities for economic growth, but stronger national inspections and better knowledge about waste management would bring major improvements.
Environment Commissioner Janez Potočnik said: "We need to see waste as a resource – and to bury that resource in the ground is worse than short-sighted. This report shows that waste management and recycling can make a big contribution to economic growth and job creation. If the existing legislation was implemented properly, we could avoid costly clean-up operations, pollution and health problems. And let's not forget that recycled materials are cheaper than virgin ones – and that they reduce greenhouse gas emissions and our dependence on imports."
Improved implementation leads to significant benefits
The study gives an in-depth analysis of the effects of better implementation and enforcement and shows that benefits would be significant. It analysed a number of case studies in Cyprus, Germany, Ireland, Italy and the Netherlands to demonstrate economic, financial and social benefits to Member States.
The EU's waste management and recycling sector is very dynamic, but still offers economic opportunities with vast potential for expansion. In 2008, its €145 billion turnover represented around 1% of the EU's GDP and 2 million jobs. Compliance with EU policy would help create a sector with 2.4 million jobs and a total annual turnover of €187 billion.
The underlying problem is that too many prices do not reflect the true cost of disposal of goods – if they did, this would help prevent waste in the first place. In addition, many Member States still lack adequate infrastructure for separate collection, recycling and recovery. An absence of systematic control and enforcement mechanisms is another hindrance, coupled with a lack of reliable data on waste management.
Four key conclusions
  • The study concludes that we need to know more about waste. Better data and systematic monitoring of how the laws work in practice must be made available. There is progress here, with a specific Data Centre on Waste recently set up by Eurostat.
  • Better use of the polluter pays principle, and wider use of economic instruments like raising the costs of disposal, could help ensure compliance and provide the necessary financial resources for waste management.
  • Inspection and monitoring capabilities need to be strengthened in Member States. This could mean establishing an auditing capacity at EU level and, possibly, common inspection standards.
  • One relatively cost-effective option to strengthen implementation monitoring at EU level could be to draw on the expertise and capabilities of the European Environment Agency (EEA). This option would carry lower administrative costs than creating a new agency dedicated to waste.
Next Steps
The study's conclusions will be discussed and analysed by the Commission. They will serve as grounds for developing a balanced mix of legal and economic instruments as suggested in the Roadmap for a Resource Efficient Europe and the Thematic Strategy on Waste Prevention. These strategies encourage economic and legal incentives such as landfill taxes or bans, extending "producer responsibility" schemes and introducing "pay as you throw" schemes.
Background
The EU's economy uses 16 tonnes of materials per person per year, of which 6 tonnes becomes waste, half of it going to landfill. Many Member States rely mainly on landfill as the preferred waste management option. This situation persists in spite of existing EU waste legislation and is unsustainable.
The Commission's Roadmap for Resource Efficiency sets out milestones for ensuring that waste is managed as a resource by 2020 including through the revision of prevention, re-use, recycling, recovery and landfill-diversion targets, and through the development of markets for secondary and recycled materials.
Further information
Implementing EU waste legislation for green growth (study)
Comparative statistics on waste management operations in EU Member States:
2011 Report on the Thematic Strategy on progress in waste prevention and recycling: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/waste/strategy.htm

European Commission - Press release

viernes, 23 de diciembre de 2011

Apoyo a emprendedores en el Máster en Gestión Sostenible de Residuos de la UPM

La Cátedra Ecoembes de Medio Ambiente de la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, pone en marcha otro año más un programa de apoyo a emprendedores entre estudiantes que cursan el Máster en Gestión Sostenible de los Residuos (GSR). El objetivo no es más que facilitar la creación de empresas a partir de ideas innovadoras que van surgiendo a lo largo del curso.
La ayuda se enmarca dentro del programa ACTUA-UPM de creación de empresas, que ya el pasado año, un grupo nuestro recibió un premio y quedó entre los 5 finalistas.

Objetivos
  • Potenciar el espíritu emprendedor e incentivar la innovación en la comunidad universitaria.
  • Apoyar la generación de iniciativas empresariales viables económica y operativamente, que puedan convertirse en un proyecto de negocio diferenciador.
Dirigido a
Profesores, investigadores, estudiantes de grado, doctorado y máster, así como PAS de la UPM. Adicionalmente, cualquier persona o personas ajenas a la UPM, que formen equipo con personal perteneciente a la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.
Fases
Fase 1: Premios a las mejores ideas
  • 1.000 € a las 10 mejores ideas de negocio.
  • Selección de un máximo de 30 ideas incluidas las premiadas para pasar a la siguiente fase de formación.
Fase 2: Formación
  • Seminarios y cursos para el desarrollo óptimo de un plan de negocio: marketing, finanzas, marco jurídico...
  • Asesoramiento especializado.
  • Conferencias, encuentros con emprendedores de éxito.
Premios a los mejores planes de negocio
  • 1er premio: 15.000 €
  • 2º premio: 10.000 €
  • 3er premio: 5.000 €
  • Premio al Mejor Proyecto Promovido por Estudiantes patrocinado por la Cátedra Bancaja Jóvenes Emprendedores de la UPM: 3.000 €
Fase 3: Incubación
  • Apoyo a las empresas constituidas.
  • Acceso a financiación y capital riesgo.
  • Posibilidad de ubicación en centros de empresas.
  • Red de contactos.

Fecha límite de recepción de inscripciones (IX edición): 12 de marzo de 2012