Ramón Plana

He works as an independent consultant in waste management, specializing in the biological treatment of organic waste. He has more than 22 years of experience in the sector and since september 2007 works as an independent international consultant carrying out consultancy projects for companies, administrations and public entities, design and implementation of treatment facilities of very different scales, training of personnel, as well as giving courses and conferences and participating as a professor in several masters of universities. His professional activity includes different countries in Europe, America, Africa and Middle East.

Within his professional career, he has worked in research projects, management and/or treatment of a wide variety of organic wastes (urban, agricultural, livestock and industrial), among which are: sludge from the agri-food industry, manure and slurries, agricultural residues, bio-waste, sewage sludges, …

He realized his doctoral thesis about the design of composting sites and development of efficient work protocols in industrial facilities for aerobic treatment of different organic wastes. He has several patents for the treatment of organic wastes through aerobic and anaerobic biological processes and systems. He is on of the founder members of the professional association on waste management Fertile Auro.