Iris Ceramica Group reaches zero-impact production

Zero Emission is a mission that Iris Ceramica Group has pursued with a view to reconciling the production with the well-being of citizens living close to the production plants.
Even though all kilns of the Iris Ceramica Group already complying with the limits set by the law, Zero Emission was born as a challenge that the President, Dr. Romano Minozzi, launched his closest collaborators to go beyond the requirements of the current regulations.
A precise research was carried out on the consolidated technologies in the field of fumes treatment to identify the best that could be adapted to the needs of our chimneys that operate with high airflows and already very low emissions.
Among the numerous solutions we considered, a “combustor with regenerative heat recovery” was chosen, as it specifically operates at temperatures around 900 ° C, ensuring very high efficiency in terms of abatement of the still volatile organic molecules present in the fumes, including odours.
Despite the high investment costs, the Group has decided to focus on a consolidated technology, but never really used in the ceramic sector. A versatile technology capable of supporting even higher concentrations of pollutants in the future, maintaining efficiency and therefore “zero” emissions.
All this must be read in a broader framework of research to reduce the Group’s environmental footprint by limiting both energy consumption, and therefore greenhouse gas emissions, and water consumption. In this latter case, thanks to a careful circular recovery and after an accurate purification, the water is completely reused in the dough during the grinding process.