The Project

• The idea

  Opigeo converts waste into new materials for construction or manufactured goods. Offering a "zero waste" service to the steel industry, we develop geopolymeric formulations to produce hydraulic binders and market their low environmental impact applications.

• Inspiration

  We believe that the reshaping of value chains to make them more sustainable offers many opportunities for innovation. These can affect our communities in the most positive way while being of interest to large industrial groups.

• Unique selling points

  Our innovative technology enables the aggregation, separation, recovery, and enhancement of iron oxide particles. The open structure of our formulations enables the mixing of waste produced by different steel industries in a common treatment site, thereby diminishing costs and making our secondary raw materials economically viable.

• Societal impact

  By converting production and efficiently using raw materials, our solution greatly contributes to the development of circular economy solutions.

• EIT Community support

  Since 2019, we have received excellent support from the EIT RawMaterials Accelerator, including professional training in both business and financial analysis.

• Overcoming adversity

  The creation of Veneto Green Cluster, the Veneto regional innovative network for circular economy and waste management, of which I am a director, greatly helped us in our endeavour.