News - environmental sustainability

La cadena avícola, sus residuos y la búsqueda de una mejora para la cuenca del Santa Lucía

Se estima que las granjas avícolas generan el 26% de los residuos agroindustriales del país. Si bien estos se han usado para fertilizar suelos, la aplicación excesiva de residuos ...

Experto estadounidense destacó en UTEC la oportunidad de las ciudades uruguayas de crear “espacios naturales”

Planificar cómo se organizan las ciudades y aplicar premisas de sostenibilidad son dos conceptos que se relacionan. El referente estadounidense en planificación urbana, Gerald Aut...

Comestible o biodegradable: estudiantes de UTEC Paysandú desarrollan un vaso que no impacta en el medio ambiente

La industria alimentaria busca soluciones para reducir el impacto de sus residuos y sobre esta premisa trabajan estudiantes de la Licenciatura en Análisis Alimentario de UTEC. Jul...

UTEC researchers are advancing trials to develop a "superfood" for plants using waste, invasive plants, and nanotechnology.

An invasive grass in Uruguay and Brazil known as Capim Annoni and wood waste are transformed into climate allies in the UTEC Rivera laboratories.

Cities and their energy requirements under study: UTEC Durazno has new Renewable Energy engineers and a dozen other graduates

The first graduate of the Educational Link Program received their degree, allowing a UTU student to continue their studies towards a degree in Renewable Energy Engineering and val...

Academia Takes First Step to Establish a Green Hydrogen Work Network in Uruguay with UTEC and Udelar Participation

Paysandú hosted the First Academic Conference on Green Hydrogen in Uruguay, an event that marked a milestone by bringing together various actors from academic, social, and product...

The call for proposals for adaptation to climate change in Durazno and Rivera is open

The Technological University together with the Ministry of the Environment invites you to participate in the call to design innovative solutions in both cities. A total of four pr...

Technical Water Conferences propose optimization of water resources for agriculture through innovative irrigation techniques

Experts, researchers, students and agricultural producers from Cerro Largo and surrounding areas met at the third edition of the Water Technical Conference organized by UTEC's Wat...

Instituciones educativas adoptan las huertas agroecológicas e integran a la comunidad en el interior

Centros Caif y escuelas del departamento de Durazno participaron durante 2023 de la propuesta de huertas agroecológicas, iniciativa del curso de promotores de huertas donde se for...