In this line, the CEO of CATOR agreed that regeneration is the most beneficial treatment for used oil from an environmental perspective, which CATOR has been focusing on since 1993. “The products originating from regenerated bases do not only contribute towards halting the greenhouse effect, but also save material resources, maintaining the same quality as the bases created with first oil refining”, recalled Ribasés during the program.

For his part, Buenaventura González summarised the achievements reached by SIGAUS over its ten year history, explaining some of the actions that the Entity has launched during this time beyond the management work, such as the environmental awareness and distribution campaigns, among which we can highlight the “SIGAUS Forests”. He mentioned that in 2017 the sixth of these forests was already a reality, in the Madrid town of Collado Villalba, adding to the 6,000 trees planted through an initiative that will continue to be promoted in future campaigns.

After Pedro Poveda’s discussion regarding the ecological targets established by law the for recovery of used industrial oil and the predictions for the new Royal Decree which is currently being studied for the regulation of waste management, Fermín Martínez de Hurtado explained the important relationship between the work by SIGAUS and the principles of circular economy, taking into account that the used oil, once it becomes waste, can be transformed an infinite number of times into a valid resources to form part of new products. In this line, SIGAUS demonstrated its commitment to these principles by signing, together with another 54 entities and organisation, the Circular Economy Pact promoted by the public administrations in order to promote a new model that combines economic development with the preservation of natural resources.