ABOUT US

We are independent of both packaging companies and manufacturers of packaging and packaging materials.

We have extensive experience in waste management, improving recyclability, eco-design and life cycle analysis of packaging and products.

DRÍADE SOLUCIONES MEDIOAMBIENTALES

DríadeSM. Environmental consultancy specialising in recycling, prevention, the organisation of sustainable events and eco-design, as well as the provision of training in these areas.

It was created in 2016 with the aim of offering tailor-made solutions to public and private entities, so that they can achieve their sustainability objectives and communicate them in an efficient way, always from the prism of rigour and reality.

THE UNESCO CHAIR IN LIFE CYCLE AND CLIMATE CHANGE ESCI-UPF

The Chair was created by agreement between the Escola Superior de Comerç Internacional (ESCI) of the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on 17 December 2010. In May 2011 Dr. Pere Fullana i Palmer was ratified as its Director.

The Chair has participated and/or coordinated numerous national and international projects on life cycle analysis (LCA), eco-design, green purchasing and environmental communication (eco-labels) of products, carbon and water footprints, governance in environmental management and integration of social and economic aspects in environmental assessments. The research group from which the Chair originates started its first European project at ESCI-UPF in 2002, while the first life cycle study carried out by Dr. Fullana with application to environmental labels dates back to 1995.

GREMI DE RECUPERACIÓ DE CATALUNYA

The Gremi de Recuperació de Catalunya was founded in 1953 in Barcelona and currently has 300 associated companies (70% of the total number of waste managers in this Autonomous Community), which treat 90% of the waste generated. Its plants manage all types of waste: paper and cardboard, ferrous and non-ferrous metals, plastics, glass, batteries, tyres, electrical and electronic waste, end-of-life vehicles, etc. The GRC is a reference entity that offers various services to its members and acts as an interlocutor with the Administration to defend the waste recovery and recycling sector and the companies that operate in it.

The GRC is a member of the European Recyclers Associations (EuRIC and BIR).