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Waste Management
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Circular Economy
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Business Matchmaking Summit
Barcelona 19th – 20th May 2015
Venue: Gran Via Exhibition Centre, Fira Barcelona
(Beyond Building Barcelona _Construmat Expo)
UKTI Barcelona is looking to increase UK Trade to
Spain & Spanish Investments to the UK, framed in
the “Investment strategy for the UK Waste sector”,
which identifies potential target opportunities in the
Recycling & Recovery sector in the UK.
With focus on the concept of Circular Economy, we look
for companies that implement new business models,
eco-design and industrial symbiosis towards the
European Commission Zero Waste targets for 2030.
The objectives of the event are to:
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Assist Spanish companies in the Waste sector with
their needs by putting them in touch with British
providers of state-of-the-art solutions.
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Provide information about opportunities in the UK to
Spanish companies able to help the UK reach its
2020 recycling targets.
We are looking for Spanish & UK companies in
the waste sector that want to explore:
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Waste Management & Industrial companies
looking for partners (technological and/or
operational) to move to circular business
models and/or increase business activity.
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Spanish & British companies from Recycling &
Recovery sector with experience in:
o Secondary raw materials
 Plastic from MSW & selected collection
 Agro recyclates
 Textile refuse
o Packaging and waste prevention solutions:
 Expired food management
 Film
o End markets for recycled plastics
o Textile handling: selected collection & MSW
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THE UK SECTOR OVERVIEW
PROGRAMME (TO BE CONFIRMED)
The Waste and Resource Management industry is a
major contributor to the UK economy and employs more
than 125,000 people. Total UK Waste Sector
contributes c.0.8% to UK GDP and was valued at >£18
billion in 2012.
Two-days (to be confirmed) programme in
Barcelona divided in two blocks:
Day 1: Reception and half-day Conferences:
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Over the past 10 years there has been a significant shift
to recovering more value from our waste with the share
of value added from material recovery growing from
19% in 2003 to 33% in 2012. The Material Recovery
sector employed 28,000 people, had a annual turnover
of £8.2 billion, purchased goods, materials and services
worth £6.2 and contributed £2 billion to GVA.
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Institutional presentations: Speakers from
Institutional bodies from both countries
UKTI Specialist: “Waste in The UK”
UKTI Barcelona speaker: “Uncovered needs in
the Recovery & Recycling sector in Spain”
Consulting firm: “Oportunidades en I+D+i como aprovechar las ayudas e incentivos
fiscales para I+D+i en Reino Unido”
Case study
Cocktail Networking
We have identified opportunities in areas like:
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Day 2: Matchmaking Event:
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Innovative collection systems to preserve the quality
of waste material
Obtaining value from recycled
Re-processing of recycle and waste streams to bring
about the use of waste materials in new products
Efficient treatment of residual waste to quality as an
energy source
B2B meetings in time-slots assigned in final
agenda
REGISTRATION
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Deadline: 8 May
The UKTI “Investment strategy for the UK waste
sector” highlights potential target opportunities in
Recycling and Recovery, which have to increase
from 43% to 50% to reach the 2020 target.
SPANISH MARKET STRUCTURE
According to ICEX, Spain is amongst the Top 10
countries of Europe in recycling. Spanish waste sector
has a turnover of €5,270Mill. which represents 13% of
the environmental market, with more than 700 societies
dedicated to waste management and which generates
more than 30,000 direct jobs and 100,000 indirect jobs.
Spanish industrial recycling industry is a booming
sector that accounts not just with major companies in
infrastructure and operation facilities, but which involves
in-depth knowledge and advanced technologies. By
exporting know-how, those companies have found a
channel to support the economical crisis, and even
grow.
Recycled waste in Spain reach in 2014 a volume of 18
Mill of tonnes, including plastic, metal, glass, wood,
paper & cardboard, 1,5% more than 2013.Turnover was
around €2.000 Mill, with 350 companies and more than
400 facilities, including treatment & sortie plants.
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Matchmaking process: 20 April – 13 May
Based on the company profiles and what they are
looking for, UKTI Barcelona will share a draft list
with potentials meetings to companies for
feedback to elaborate the final version.
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Final agenda: 15
At the end of the matchmaking process, we will
deliver a final agenda, by time-slots, for meetings
More information:
Maite Machado
Trade & Investment Advisor
UKTI Barcelona
[email protected]
+34 933 666 214
With professional advisers both within the UK
and across more than 100 international
markets, UK Trade & Investment is the
Government Department that helps UK-based
companies succeed in the global economy
and assists overseas companies to bring their
high-quality investment to the UK.