This subject is mainly approached through the collective research plans for all sectors of the CTCPA. 

The recovery of company wastes can be done in different manners and the prospective studies lead by the technical center aim to help companies to identify the potentially interesting recovery ways, from a technical and economical point of view.

Examples of research projects :

• Varedia – Researching new ways to recover food industrial wastes, gas or watery liquid discharges with the goal of energy recuperation.
• Vamacopia – Researching new fields and molecules of great interest for the recovery of by-products.