News 26/07/2021

SOST-RCD project will convert construction and demolition waste into new materials

SOST-RCD is born with a main scientific and technological objective, focused on the research and development of new technologies oriented to generate products from RCD. The main characteristic of these new products is that they have the same properties as construction materials from virgin raw materials. At the same time, they help to improve the current management systems for this type of waste that would normally end up in landfills, proposing and showing the economic and environmental advantages offered by this type of valorized and therefore more sustainable materials.

The project is coordinated by La Torreta Quarry, which is part of Origen, the materials division of Simetría Grupo. It has the participation of the Instituto de Tecnología Cerámica (ITC-AICE), the Instituto Metalmecánico, Mueble, Madera, Embalaje y Afines (Aidimme) and members of the Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología del Hormigón de la Universitat Politècnica de València (ICITECH-UPV).

SOST-RCD project activities


The project is divided into three activities. In the first of these, the starting points of the project have been established with regard to the state of the art of the production techniques of current materials, the characterization of the input CDW and the establishment of the global situation of CDW, both in its generation and its treatment.

The second activity focuses on laboratory-scale work to valorize CDW in different applications: aggregates for concrete and mortar, baked clay products and alkaline-activated products, known as geopolymers. Finally, in the third activity, pilot-scale tests will be carried out to obtain the different materials under study, performing quality controls to validate these applications.

In short, SOST-RCD implies a significant impact on the value chain of the construction sector, in addition to promoting the circular economy as a business model in the production system of the Valencian Community. This opens up a new market by incorporating innovative techniques still practically unknown in the sector, involving new process designs, treatments and use of waste to give a new life to another type of construction and building that results in the welfare of those who inhabit the spaces and in the implementation of new economic models aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals.

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