Invitation for TRENT Sino-German Corporate Workshop on Waste Recycling

Invitation

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Dear Sir or Madam,

尊敬的先生/女士：

In recent years, both China and Germany have gradually adopted the development of a circular economy as an important way to mitigate climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In 2020, China reduced CO2 emissions by about 2.6 billion tons through developing a circular economy. In October 2021, the Chinese State Council issued the "Action Plan for Achieving Carbon Peaks by 2030", proposing an Action "Circular Economy to Help Reduce Carbon Emissions" which should improve the overall resource efficiency and create the synergy of reducing resource consumption and carbon reduction. In January 2022, the Department of Ecology and Environment of China's Jiangsu Province announced a plan to develop zero waste cities across the province. Waste recycling is a key component of the circular economy and well developed in Germany. Thanks to the Dual System introduced in 1990, Germany has high disposal standards in the waste sector.

Baden-Württemberg has many traditional companies and innovative start-ups in waste recycling sector that can offer common solutions, experiences or ideas for the problems and challenges encountered by Jiangsu Province in building zero waste cities. For example, saving resources through low-waste production and recover energy and secondary raw materials from waste - such as recycled building materials from construction waste, phosphorus from sewage sludge or plastics, metals, glass and paper from municipal waste.

近年来，中德两国都逐渐将发展循环经济作为应对和减缓气候变化、降低温室气体排放的重要方式。2020年循环经济助力中国减少二氧化碳排放约26亿吨。2021年十月国务院发布了《2030年前碳达峰行动方案》，提出重点实施"碳达峰十大行动"，其中包含"循环经济助力降碳行动"。今年一月，江苏省印发《江苏省全域"无废城市"建设工作方案》，提出了到2030年所有设区市均达到国家"无废城市"建设要求的工作目标。废物循环利用是循环经济的关键组成部分，在德国已形成较为成熟的体系。得益于1990年引入的双轨制回收系统，德国在废物循环利用领域具有很高的处理标准。巴登符腾堡州拥有许多废物循环利用行业的知名企业和初创企业，可为江苏省在建设无废城市过程中可能遇到的问题和挑战提供解决方案、经验或思路，例如通过低废生产和环保设计节约资源；从废物中获得能源和二级原料，如从建筑废物中回收建筑材料；从污水污泥中获得磷或从城市废物中获得塑料、金属、玻璃和纸张。

In order to deepen the exchange between Jiangsu Province and Baden-Württemberg in the field of waste management and to promote cooperation between industry and research in these two regions, the TRENT team planned this event and invited experts and companies to discuss the current challenges as well as the future priorities and potential directions for cooperation.

We warmly invite you to participate in the Sino-German Industry Workshop on Waste Recycling on Wednesday, May 25, 2022 |15:00-17:30(CST) / 9:00-11:30 (CEST) via MS Teams.

在此背景下，为了增进江苏省和巴登符腾堡州在循环经济及废物循环利用领域的交流以及促进产学研合作，TRENT碳达团队诚挚地邀请您参加于2022年5月25日星期三15:00-17:30（中国时间）/9:00-11:30（德国时间）举行的中德企业废物循环利用领域网络研讨会。

In the first part of the workshop, the deputy head of "Solid Waste and Chemicals" division from the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of Jiangsu Province will give a keynote speech. In addition, a representative from KIT will report on cooperation projects between science and industry in the field of waste recycling. In the following competence showcases round, the representative companies and institutions from Jiangsu and Baden-Württemberg will have the opportunities to present their products and technologies or introduce their need for technical solutions and their requirements to the potential cooperation partners. In the Q&A and discussion session, the participants can raise specific topics, intensify networking and explore the possibility of future cooperation.

We are looking forward to your participation!

研讨会上来自江苏省生态环境厅的领导将做主题演讲，之后卡尔斯鲁厄大学代表将介绍废物循环利用领域产学研合作项目；在随后的能力展示环节一些代表企业和机构将有机会向潜在的合作伙伴介绍自己的产品和技术，或者企业对自己需要的技术解决方案的需求和要求。在交流环节中，与会者可以提出感兴趣的议题进行讨论、相互沟通、共同探讨未来合作的可能性。

我们期待您的参与！

Language: English-Chinese (with consecutive interpretation)

语言：中英双语 （交传翻译）

Background information about TRENT:

碳达项目背景：

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) together with Umwelttechnik BW, the State Agency for Environmental Technology and Resource Efficiency Baden-Württemberg (UTBW), have established the "Transnational Competence Center for Environmental Technology and Research Jiangsu Baden-Württemberg" (TRENT). This project is funded by the Ministry of the Environment, Climate Protection and Energy Sector of Baden-Württemberg. In addition, the office of Baden-Württemberg International in Nanjing (BW_i Nanjing) and KIT China Branch in Suzhou will contribute to the competence center with its network in Jiangsu.

在德国巴登符腾堡州环境、气候和能源部的支持下，卡尔斯鲁厄理工学院（KIT）携巴登符腾堡州环境技术和资源效率局（UTBW）共同筹建了"江苏省-巴符州环境技术和研究跨国能力中心"项目（简称碳达TRENT）。此外，德国巴符州国际经济和科技合作协会南京代表处与GAMI全球先进制造研究所也在江苏省内大力支持中心的筹建工作。

TRENT aims to permanently, systematically and structurally bundle existing competences and technologies in environmental sciences from Jiangsu and Baden-Württemberg and provide a platform for exchange and communication between universities and research institutions, public authorities and private enterprises in these two regions. Therefore, TRENT will hold a series of events to promote exchanges and collaboration of mutual interest.

碳达项目致力于有效地整合江苏省和巴登符腾堡州环境技术和科研领域的现有能力，为两省州的高校、科研院所、公共部门和企业提供一个交流与沟通的平台。为此，碳达项目举办一系列活动来促进双方在共同感兴趣的领域的交流。