Society in general, and the economy in particular, are very cyclical. Every cycle is given a name some time after it has started, and these names o\udbc0\udc5b en become nothing more than jargon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Two of the biggest buzzwords right now are Sustainability and Circularity (or circular economy), which are very much intertwined. Because of what they represent, they are now at the top of the agenda. The former, under the name Sustainable Development, gained worldwide attention following the report by Gro Brundtland (\u201cour common future\u201d, 1987), which disseminated an idea formed in the 70s, and which can be seen as an umbrella term for a balanced economy, based on 3 pillars: economic; social; environmental.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The latter, which dates back to the same period but which has only recently come into the limelight, is based on three principles: reducing waste; (re)circulating products and materials; regenerating nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Terms such as Reduce, Recirculate, Recycle and Reuse entered our common lexicon when society realised that our world and its resources are not infinite. This was helped along by impactful images shown on television, but especially on social media, forcing governments worldwide (and in particular the governments of more developed countries) to take measures to turn this situation around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At Altri we keep abreast of these trends and are very aware of our social responsibility, and our investments have therefore always included the BAT (best available technology). This approach has enabled us to be at the forefront of what is now called the circular economy, with some innovative projects which are setting a global standard:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The growing importance financial bodies are placing on SDG Indicators, in which Altri has scored extremely highly, and the social and economic climate in which we live, have alerted society to the dangers of relying on dictatorial and unstable political and economic blocs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
These threats could become opportunities through innovation, industrial symbiosis and active cooperation with other industrial sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The efforts to find added value in waste or undervalued secondary net streams will become increasingly important in this new economic cycle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Challenges, such as implementing an \u201caquarium\u201d factory, where almost all final effluent is put back into circulation; a factory with no fossil fuels; the elimination of industrial landfills and recovery of CO2<\/sub> from chimneys, are all on the table. These challenges can be overcome \u2013 some easily some less so \u2013 and incorporated into the process with economic advantages, as has happened in the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We have to mention an extraordinary opportunity, which involves finding a solution to a serious environmetal, economic and social issue, which is textile recycling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Unlike the metal, paper and glass industries, where recycling rates top 60% (in the developed world), the figures for the textile industry are negligible, less than 1%. This has its own inevitable consequences. But we will address this issue when (and if) the GAMA project goes ahead.<\/p>\n","protected":false,"raw":"\n[lead]Society in general, and the economy in particular, are very cyclical. Every cycle is given a name some time after it has started, and these names o\udbc0\udc5b en become nothing more than jargon.[\/lead]\n\n\n\n Two of the biggest buzzwords right now are Sustainability and Circularity (or circular economy), which are very much intertwined. Because of what they represent, they are now at the top of the agenda. The former, under the name Sustainable Development, gained worldwide attention following the report by Gro Brundtland (\u201cour common future\u201d, 1987), which disseminated an idea formed in the 70s, and which can be seen as an umbrella term for a balanced economy, based on 3 pillars: economic; social; environmental.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The latter, which dates back to the same period but which has only recently come into the limelight, is based on three principles: reducing waste; (re)circulating products and materials; regenerating nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Terms such as Reduce, Recirculate, Recycle and Reuse entered our common lexicon when society realised that our world and its resources are not infinite. This was helped along by impactful images shown on television, but especially on social media, forcing governments worldwide (and in particular the governments of more developed countries) to take measures to turn this situation around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At Altri we keep abreast of these trends and are very aware of our social responsibility, and our investments have therefore always included the BAT (best available technology). This approach has enabled us to be at the forefront of what is now called the circular economy, with some innovative projects which are setting a global standard:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The growing importance financial bodies are placing on SDG Indicators, in which Altri has scored extremely highly, and the social and economic climate in which we live, have alerted society to the dangers of relying on dictatorial and unstable political and economic blocs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These threats could become opportunities through innovation, industrial symbiosis and active cooperation with other industrial sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The efforts to find added value in waste or undervalued secondary net streams will become increasingly important in this new economic cycle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Challenges, such as implementing an \u201caquarium\u201d factory, where almost all final effluent is put back into circulation; a factory with no fossil fuels; the elimination of industrial landfills and recovery of CO2<\/sub> from chimneys, are all on the table. These challenges can be overcome \u2013 some easily some less so \u2013 and incorporated into the process with economic advantages, as has happened in the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We have to mention an extraordinary opportunity, which involves finding a solution to a serious environmetal, economic and social issue, which is textile recycling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Unlike the metal, paper and glass industries, where recycling rates top 60% (in the developed world), the figures for the textile industry are negligible, less than 1%. This has its own inevitable consequences. But we will address this issue when (and if) the GAMA project goes ahead.<\/p>\n"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false,"raw":""},"author":32,"featured_media":5281,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_pt_post_content":"\n[lead]A sociedade, em geral, e a economia, em particular, desenvolvem-se em ciclos que, algum tempo depois de iniciados, s\u00e3o catalogados com t\u00edtulos que muitas vezes se convertem em jarg\u00f5es.[\/lead]\n\n\n\n Dois dos termos mais em voga nos dias de hoje, e relacionados entre si, s\u00e3o Sustentabilidade e Circularidade (ou economia circular). Pelo que representam, a sua relev\u00e2ncia \u00e9 inquestion\u00e1vel. O primeiro, sobre a designa\u00e7\u00e3o de Desenvolvimento Sustent\u00e1vel, ganhou aten\u00e7\u00e3o global depois do relat\u00f3rio da Sra. Gro Brundtland (\u201cour common future\u201d, 1987), a qual disseminou uma ideia criada nos anos 70, e que pode ser vista como o \u201cchap\u00e9u de chuva\u201d de uma economia equilibrada, baseada em 3 pilares: econ\u00f3mico; social; ambiental.<\/p>\n\n\n\n O segundo, da mesma \u00e9poca, mas que s\u00f3 ganhou notoriedade mais recentemente, baseia-se em tr\u00eas princ\u00edpios: redu\u00e7\u00e3o do desperd\u00edcio; (re)circular produtos e materiais; regenerar a natureza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Termos como Reduzir, Recircular, Reciclar e Reutilizar passa-ram a fazer parte da linguagem comum quando a sociedade se apercebeu de que o nosso mundo e os seus recursos s\u00e3o finitos. Para isso contribu\u00edram as imagens fortes divulgadas pelas televis\u00f5es, mas sobretudo pelas redes sociais, for\u00e7ando os governos mundiais (e em particular os dos pa\u00edses mais desenvolvidos) a tomarem medidas no sentido de inverter este caminho. Atenta a estas tend\u00eancias e consciente da sua responsabilidade social, a Altri nos seus investimentos tem sempre inclu\u00eddo as MTDs (melhores t\u00e9cnicas dispon\u00edveis) e esta abordagem tem permitido estar na linha da frente daquilo que hoje \u00e9 designado por economia circular, e com alguns projetos inovadores e refer\u00eancia mundial:<\/p>\n\n\n\n A crescente import\u00e2ncia dada pelas entidades financeiras aos Indicadores ESG, onde a Altri tem obtido avalia\u00e7\u00f5es extremamente positivas, e a conjuntura social e econ\u00f3mica que vivemos alertaram a sociedade para os perigos da depend\u00eancia de blocos pol\u00edticos e econ\u00f3micos ditatoriais e inst\u00e1veis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Estas amea\u00e7as podem tornar-se oportunidades atrav\u00e9s da inova\u00e7\u00e3o, da simbiose industrial e da coopera\u00e7\u00e3o ativa com outros setores industriais.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A procura de valor acrescentado em res\u00edduos ou correntes l\u00edquidas secund\u00e1rias pouco valorizadas ganhar\u00e3o import\u00e2ncia acrescida neste novo ciclo econ\u00f3mico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Desafios como f\u00e1brica-\u201caqu\u00e1rio\u201d, com recircula\u00e7\u00e3o quase total de efluente final; f\u00e1brica isenta de combust\u00edveis f\u00f3sseis; elimina\u00e7\u00e3o dos aterros industriais e recupera\u00e7\u00e3o de CO2<\/sub> das chamin\u00e9s estar\u00e3o em cima da mesa e, com maior ou menor dificuldade, ser\u00e1 poss\u00edvel ultrapass\u00e1-los e incorpor\u00e1-los no processo com vantagens econ\u00f3micas, como aconteceu no passado.<\/p>\n\n\n\n N\u00e3o podemos deixar de referir uma oportunidade extraordin\u00e1ria, que passa pela resolu\u00e7\u00e3o de um problema ambiental, econ\u00f3mico e social grave que \u00e9 a reciclagem de t\u00eaxteis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ao contr\u00e1rio da ind\u00fastria dos metais, do papel e do vidro, onde as taxas de reciclagem s\u00e3o superiores a 60% (no mundo desenvolvido), na ind\u00fastria t\u00eaxtil falamos de valores perfeitamente irris\u00f3rios, inferiores a 1%, com todas as consequ\u00eancias que da\u00ed adv\u00eam. Mas esse tema ser\u00e1 tratado quando (e se) o projeto GAMA for concretizado.<\/p>\n","_pt_post_name":"a-economia-circular-nao-e-um-chavao-e-uma-realidade-na-altri","_pt_post_excerpt":"","_pt_post_title":"A economia circular n\u00e3o \u00e9 um chav\u00e3o, \u00e9 uma realidade na Altri","_en_post_content":"\n[lead]Society in general, and the economy in particular, are very cyclical. Every cycle is given a name some time after it has started, and these names o\udbc0\udc5b en become nothing more than jargon.[\/lead]\n\n\n\n Two of the biggest buzzwords right now are Sustainability and Circularity (or circular economy), which are very much intertwined. Because of what they represent, they are now at the top of the agenda. The former, under the name Sustainable Development, gained worldwide attention following the report by Gro Brundtland (\u201cour common future\u201d, 1987), which disseminated an idea formed in the 70s, and which can be seen as an umbrella term for a balanced economy, based on 3 pillars: economic; social; environmental.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The latter, which dates back to the same period but which has only recently come into the limelight, is based on three principles: reducing waste; (re)circulating products and materials; regenerating nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Terms such as Reduce, Recirculate, Recycle and Reuse entered our common lexicon when society realised that our world and its resources are not infinite. This was helped along by impactful images shown on television, but especially on social media, forcing governments worldwide (and in particular the governments of more developed countries) to take measures to turn this situation around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At Altri we keep abreast of these trends and are very aware of our social responsibility, and our investments have therefore always included the BAT (best available technology). This approach has enabled us to be at the forefront of what is now called the circular economy, with some innovative projects which are setting a global standard:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The growing importance financial bodies are placing on SDG Indicators, in which Altri has scored extremely highly, and the social and economic climate in which we live, have alerted society to the dangers of relying on dictatorial and unstable political and economic blocs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These threats could become opportunities through innovation, industrial symbiosis and active cooperation with other industrial sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The efforts to find added value in waste or undervalued secondary net streams will become increasingly important in this new economic cycle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Challenges, such as implementing an \u201caquarium\u201d factory, where almost all final effluent is put back into circulation; a factory with no fossil fuels; the elimination of industrial landfills and recovery of CO2<\/sub> from chimneys, are all on the table. These challenges can be overcome \u2013 some easily some less so \u2013 and incorporated into the process with economic advantages, as has happened in the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We have to mention an extraordinary opportunity, which involves finding a solution to a serious environmetal, economic and social issue, which is textile recycling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Unlike the metal, paper and glass industries, where recycling rates top 60% (in the developed world), the figures for the textile industry are negligible, less than 1%. This has its own inevitable consequences. But we will address this issue when (and if) the GAMA project goes ahead.<\/p>\n","_en_post_name":"","_en_post_excerpt":"","_en_post_title":"The Circular economy isn't just a buzzword, at Altri it's a reality","edit_language":"en","footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[15,577,523],"class_list":["post-5278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-editorial","tag-altri","tag-economia-circular","tag-edicao-8"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/conteudos.xl.pt\/altri-news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/conteudos.xl.pt\/altri-news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/conteudos.xl.pt\/altri-news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conteudos.xl.pt\/altri-news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conteudos.xl.pt\/altri-news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5278"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/conteudos.xl.pt\/altri-news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5278\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5296,"href":"https:\/\/conteudos.xl.pt\/altri-news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5278\/revisions\/5296"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conteudos.xl.pt\/altri-news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/conteudos.xl.pt\/altri-news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conteudos.xl.pt\/altri-news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conteudos.xl.pt\/altri-news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Final observation:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The future will now be more complex, because the \"easy part\" has already been done...<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Final observation:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
O futuro ser\u00e1 agora muito mais complexo, pois o \"mais f\u00e1cil\" foi feito...<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Nota final:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The future will now be more complex, because the \"easy part\" has already been done...<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Final observation:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n