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Students from the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM) have participated in the first virtual visit through the SIGAUS Environmental Classroom

Given the precautions that we are forced to take at this time as a result of the health crisis, the SIGAUS Environmental Classroom has undertaken to adapt to remote training and has organised the first virtual visit to the waste regeneration plant that the management company, SERTEGO, has in the municipality of Fuenlabrada (Madrid). The visit was organised for the students of the new 2020-2021 class of the Master’s in Waste Management of the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM).

24-11-2020

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The SIGAUS Environmental Classroom continues to offer its affiliated centres the training required to provide future professionals, in the sectors most related to the use of lubricants, and therefore affected by its waste, the necessary training for its correct knowledge and management. And during these past few months, it has been doing just that by adapting to the current circumstances derived from the health crisis, which has forced them to consider remote training as the best option to avoid risks and preserve everyone's health.

For this reason, SIGAUS organised the first virtual visit to the SERTEGO used oil treatment plant in Fuenlabrada (Madrid) for the students of the new class of the Official Master’s in Waste and Wastewater Management for Resource Recovery of the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM), who were able to tour these facilities dedicated to the regeneration of used oils by means of the live connection set up.

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During the visit, the students received a detailed explanation of the waste treatment processes followed in the plant, and of the analysis work carried out to optimally recover used oil and transform it into regenerated base lubricants.

During the virtual visit, both the Plant Director, Javier Ramos, and the Laboratory Manager, Rafael Gómez, gave a detailed explanation, for the students connected via streaming, both of the waste treatment processes followed in the plant, and of the analysis work carried out to optimally recover used oil and transform it into regenerated base lubricants for the manufacture of new products.

Likewise, students were able to learn about control room operations and raise any doubts with plant managers: thus, completing the theoretical training received from the Director of Institutional Relations and Communication of SIGAUS, Fermín Martínez de Hurtado, who, as part of this Master's programme, provided a presentation on the management system that is: SIGAUS, its operation, the specifics and dangers of this waste, the legislation affecting it, or how to comply with the good practices that allow for it to be recovered and regain value in its entirety, as well as avoiding its negative impact on the environment.

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