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Miércoles, 9 de noviembre del 2016
The value of recycling, from Neanderthals to today
CaixaForum Tarragona hosted a debate on recycling, with the suggestive title So the Neanderthal man already did it? From the recycling of flint to carbon dioxide with two scientists from Catalan centers of world reference in their specialty, located in Tarragona.
Italian archaeologist Francesca Romagnoli, researcher at the Catalan Institute of Human Paleoecology and Social Evolution (IPHES), and the postdoctoral researcher at the Catalan Institute of Chemical Research (ICIQ), Antoni Moragas, discussed the value of recycling for more than a million Of years: from Neanderthals to the 21st century. The event, moderated by the journalist responsible for Tarragona Radio, Josep Suñé, is part of the cycle Tardes de Ciencia with IPHES and Conversations about the past looking at the future.
The starting thesis sought to demonstrate that the habit and the habit that the prehistoric communities already had to value all the materials used must be recovered; While today, beyond paper, plastic and glass, there are many materials that we do not know that can be recycled and reused.
The two scientists established the concepts of recycling, which involves leaving a material and a subsequent transformation to resume the use of a material, giving a new life to the original or another.
Reuse seeks to use a material based on an economic reason. As Francesca explained, from the materials used in the La Boella field in Tarragona, “it is a question of spending less time and energy in obtaining a material, which is not to be manufactured, without the risk Production error that involves deleting the material”. Regarding the evidence of this recycling, the archaeologist stated that “exposure to the atmosphere of the material and modification of the original raw material and its modification to recover it, together with the evolution of available technology, are valid evidence.”
Regarding recycling in the 21st century, the chemical scientist explained that “work is based on the observation of nature”, and explained his experience in research for the fixation and reuse of CO2: “we work in the quest for a new reactivity In the field of the fixation of the CO2 and to be able to reuse it in useful things, from the penetration in the molecules; For example, from this gas that contributes to climate change can be made active principle of ibuprofen”, said Antoni Moragas.
Italian archaeologist Francesca Romagnoli, researcher at the Catalan Institute of Human Paleoecology and Social Evolution (IPHES), and the postdoctoral researcher at the Catalan Institute of Chemical Research (ICIQ), Antoni Moragas, discussed the value of recycling for more than a million Of years: from Neanderthals to the 21st century. The event, moderated by the journalist responsible for Tarragona Radio, Josep Suñé, is part of the cycle Tardes de Ciencia with IPHES and Conversations about the past looking at the future.
The starting thesis sought to demonstrate that the habit and the habit that the prehistoric communities already had to value all the materials used must be recovered; While today, beyond paper, plastic and glass, there are many materials that we do not know that can be recycled and reused.
The two scientists established the concepts of recycling, which involves leaving a material and a subsequent transformation to resume the use of a material, giving a new life to the original or another.
Reuse seeks to use a material based on an economic reason. As Francesca explained, from the materials used in the La Boella field in Tarragona, “it is a question of spending less time and energy in obtaining a material, which is not to be manufactured, without the risk Production error that involves deleting the material”. Regarding the evidence of this recycling, the archaeologist stated that “exposure to the atmosphere of the material and modification of the original raw material and its modification to recover it, together with the evolution of available technology, are valid evidence.”
Regarding recycling in the 21st century, the chemical scientist explained that “work is based on the observation of nature”, and explained his experience in research for the fixation and reuse of CO2: “we work in the quest for a new reactivity In the field of the fixation of the CO2 and to be able to reuse it in useful things, from the penetration in the molecules; For example, from this gas that contributes to climate change can be made active principle of ibuprofen”, said Antoni Moragas.