LIPOR joins partners in the Presentation Conference of the GRESINT project

The launch event of the GRESINT project – intelligent digital transformation in waste collection and sorting processes – took place on March 14 in Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain, a project in partnership with LIPOR, SOGAMA, the University of Beira Interior and the University of A Coruña.

The objective of this project is to improve the separation of packaging through intelligent technologies that will be tested through three pilots in the packaging sorting plants of SOGAMA and LIPOR, thus aiming to contribute to the achievement of European recycling goals, introducing high quality recovered materials into the production cycle and replacing the virgin ones.

For her part, the general director of SOGAMA, Mirta Sueiro, explained the details of the project, as well as the role that this public company will play in it, with the Manager of the Operations and Logistics Unit of LIPOR, Hélder Marques explaining the particularities of the project regarding LIPOR and its participation.

LIPOR was invited to, in addition, present the DATACENTER LIPOR, a reference tool in the digitalization process in waste management, developed by LIPOR. The presentation was made by the Technician of the Operational Project Implementation Support Division, Henrique Silva.

There was also time for a round table moderated by the general director of Quality, Sustainability and Climate Change at the Xunta de Galicia, María Sagrario Pérez Castellanos, who analyzed the advantages of artificial intelligence applied to waste, with interventions by Elísabet González, PreZero Innovation manager; Bernardo Riveira, Director of Operations and Development at Cinfo; and Laura Alonso and Joan Mestre Adrover, respectively Environmental Technician and Councilor of the City Council of Sant Llorenç des Cardassar (Balearic Islands).

Selected within the scope of the third call for the Spain-Portugal Interreg Program (POCTEP 2021-2027), the GRESINT project, with an execution deadline of 2026, has a budget allocation close to 800,000 euros and includes a series of activities such as the development of an Agenda of Digitalization of the waste management process, a catalog of smart technologies on the market that may be relevant in improving industrial processes and a roadmap for implementing the key technologies identified.