(Adnkronos) - Gruppo Iren ha inaugurato oggi a Terranuova Bracciolini, in provincia di Arezzo, il primo impianto europeo per il recupero di metalli preziosi e materie prime critiche a basso impatto ambientale. Con una capacità di trattamento di oltre 300 tonnellate di schede elettroniche all’anno, l’impianto permetterà di recuperare metalli producendo una quantità di Co2 tre volte inferiore rispetto ai tradizionali processi di estrazione mineraria e di incenerimento.
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00:00The Iren Group has inaugurated today in Terra Nuova, Bracciolini, in the province of Arezzo,
00:10the first European system for the treatment of electronic cards coming from RAE waste,
00:15launching a new and innovative circular economy model for the recovery of precious metals and raw materials.
00:22With a processing capacity of over 300 tons of electronic cards per year,
00:26the system will allow the recovery of metals such as gold, silver, palladium and copper,
00:31producing a quantity of CO2 three times less than the traditional processes of mineral extraction and incineration.
00:38Here we are in a system that represents the future of the reindustrialization of the country, starting from recovery.
00:45We are poor in raw materials, we always have less raw materials to buy because the world is content with them,
00:55and then we have devised a process that recovers what we have on the territory.
00:59So we will recover and recover from the cards, then from the computers, from the phones, from the mobile phones,
01:07from the electrical cards, gold, palladium, copper, silver, very precious materials,
01:13which in addition to being very precious are also very rare and are critical for our industry.
01:21The inauguration is presented by the Minister of the Environment and Energy Security, Gilberto Picchetto Frattin.
01:26The absolute importance of Italy is that it is a country that has few raw materials.
01:33Our biggest mining project is the refugees, so it is about activating with modern technologies,
01:43naturally with systems like this, mechanisms to naturally find and have critical minerals, rare minerals,
01:57and therefore create a new management, a great mine.
02:02To characterize the technology of the plant, an innovative process of mechanical disassembly
02:07and specially designed hydrometallurgical treatment.
02:10Great satisfaction also expressed by the Mayor of Terranuova Bracciolini, Sergio Chienni.
02:15An innovation path opens up, which is also the result of determination and resilience,
02:21because our territory is demonstrating the ability to protect jobs.
02:26It happened recently with FIMER, which after months of turmoil has opened a new path on solid bases,
02:33and it happens here, because at the end of an experience a new one opens up,
02:39set on the circular economy, the first district of the Val d'Arno is born in this sense,
02:44with a system that sees the recovery of precious metals from rare cards.