Phos4You Run4Life ASHES ANPHOS Agri4Value Phosphorus from wastewater project Queens University A_Propeau Biochar-Soil-Plant Interface research Aquavlan AquaEnviro UK SMART-Plant AgroCycle BiofuelcellAPP ARBOR AVA-CleanPhos SYSTEMIC ALGAECAN Ferti-Mine BioEcoSim Bio-Ore TL-BIOFER Anadry Helsinki wastewater nutrient recovery Biorefine project Budenheim process ANSWER IMPROVE-P Bioteam DemoWare Aquemfree IWARRC BONUS PROMISE EDASK ARREAU (EIP Water, international project) Netherlands Micronutrients from batteries CANTOGETHER ePhos Baltic Slurry Acidi Nurec4org CLONIC Finland Resource Container project BIOFECTOR OCAPI Combine FIX-PHOS CIRCWASTE OFP DeBugger Global TraPs Clamber Phorwärts DemEAUmed GOBI DECISIVE Phos4Life DIGESMART H2O-C2C DEPURGAN PProduct DYNAMIX IF2O - COOPERL DOP PRecover ECOPHOS KRN-Mephrec DRAINUSE Rec Alkaline End-o-Sludge Manuvalor Electro-Sludge SAVE EURoot Nutricycle ENRICH TransBio Fertiplus Nutrient Clearing House EUROLEGUME UNEP INMS FUSIONS NUTS FATIMA UPM and Yara recycled fertilisers GR3 Ochre and biochar research Feed-a-Gene HTCycle Phosph'Or FERTINNOWA INEMAD-GR3 Polonite FORCE IPHYC-H2020 POWER FUTUREROOTS Manev RecoPhos Germany GISWASTE ManureEcoMine Recovering and Reusing Resources in Urbanized Ecosystems HotPaNTS MIX-FERTILIZER SLURRY-MAX
Scale-up of low-carbon footprint material recovery techniques in existing wastewater treatment plants SMART-Plant will scale-up in real environment and energy-efficient solutions to renovate existing wastewater treatment plants and close the circular value chain by applying low-carbon techniques to recover materials that are otherwise lost. 7+2 pilot systems will be optimized for > 2 years in real environment in 5 municipal water treatment plants, including also 2 post-processing facilities. The systems will be automated with the aim of optimizing wastewater treatment, resource recovery, energy-efficiency and reduction of greenhouse emissions. A comprehensive SMART portfolio comprising biopolymers, cellulose, fertilisers and intermediates will be recovered and processed up to the final commercializable end-products. The integration of resource recovery assets to system wide asset management programs will be evaluated in each site following the resource recovery paradigm for the wastewater treatment plant of the future, enabled through SMART-Plant solutions. The project will prove the feasibility of circular management of urban wastewater and environmental sustainability of the systems, to be demonstrated through Life Cycle Assessment and Life Cycle Costing approaches to prove the global benefit of the scaled-up water solutions. Dynamic modelling and superstructure framework for decision support will be developed and validated to identify the optimum SMART-Plant system integration options for recovered resources and technologies. Global market deployment will be achieved as right fit solution for water utilities and relevant industrial stakeholders, considering the strategic implications of the resource recovery paradigm in case of both public and private water management. New public-private partnership models will be explored connecting the water sector to 1-6-2016 31-5-2020 Horizon 2020, Prof Francesco Fatone, Simos Malamis, Christian Remy and Peter Vale Plant
market. ARREAU will review current European initiatives and best practices of resource recovery and reuse. Barriers and constraints for resource recovery and reuse will be identified. ARREAU will explore the key success factors of resource value chains with all engaged stakeholders. The outcomes will be used to develop frameworks that can be used to remove bottlenecks and enable successful resource recovery in other regions in Europe and beyond. Baltic Slurry Acidi Reducing nitrogen loss from livestock production by promoting the use of slurry techniques in the Balti Sea Region Baltic Slurry Acidification project aims to promote the implementation of Slurry Acidification Techniques (SATs) throughout the Baltic Sea Region. Reducing ammonia losses will reduce airborne eutrophication of the Baltic Sea. Increased usage of SATs will give an environmental benefit for the whole region. The usage of SATs benefits farmers by increasing the nitrogen use efficiency of their manure fertilisers and thereby decreasing their dependency on mineral nitrogen. 1-3-2016 28-2-2019 Interreg Baltic Sea Region Erik Sindhöj The Use of for Crop Nutrition and enhancing nutrient use efficiency BIOFECTOR is an integrated project with the aim to reduce input of mineral fertilisers in European agriculture by development of specifically adapted bio-effectors (BEs) to improve the efficiency of alternative fertilisation strategies, such as organic and low-input farming, use of fertilisers based on waste recycling products and fertiliser placement technologies. 1-9-2012 31-8-2017 EU FP7 Prof. Dr. Günter Neumann Towards circular economy in The aim of the LIFE IP CIRCWASTE-FINLAND project is to implement the National Waste Plan of Finland (NWP). The project will help with the implementation of the 1-10-2016 LIFE+ Tuuli Myllymaa
providing valuable agronomic by-products for urban agriculture development and so improving the balance of organic products and waste in the city; (4) developing new business opportunities and jobs. In order to achieve these objectives, the project DECISIVE will develop and demonstrate eco-innovative solutions, addressed to waste operators and public services, consisting in: (1) a decision support tool to plan, design and assess efficient decentralised management networks for biowaste in urban areas; (2) eco-designed micro-scale anaerobic digestion and solid-state fermentation processes. Swine-farm revolution The DEPURGAN project aims to bring to the market an efficient pig manure treatment process, with an initial investment 4 times lower compared to other solutions and operation costs being also very competitive. It base its innovative character in the use of an optimized electrocoagulation reactor, that allows nitrogen abatement, while producing as residues a solid fraction that poses great calorific potential as biomass, and a NPK liquid effluent ready to be used as fertiliser. The specific objectives are: (1) minimizing the concentration of contaminants in the manure (nitrogen, phosphorous, metals, bacteria, virus…), (2) treating the pig slurry at its origin, (3) being independent from national subsidies, Its technical and economic viable for the farmer and (4) valorizing the manure (energy recovery and fertiliser). 1-9-2015 31-7-2017 Horizon 2020 ? ? DOP model of circular economy process in a high quality dairy industry The project includes integrated nutrient management from fodder production to manure treatment by anaerobic digestion using digestate as substitute of fertilisers reducing environmental impacts. The project will evaluate and demonstrate a new model, and apply it to the production of Grana Padano DOP (Denominazione di Origine Protetta/Protected Designation of Origin) and Parmigiano Reggiano DOP. The project will integrate all the phases along production chains (from livestock rearing to production), in order to re-use all of the waste 1-9-2016 1-3-2021 LIFE+ Giuliana and Stefano Garimberti o
release is expected to be dependent on rhizosphere acidification via root excretion of protons, low molecular organic acids and CO2. Guidance for innovation friendly minerals policy in Europe The MIN-GUIDE project addresses the need for a secure and sustainable supply of minerals in Europe by developing a ‘Minerals Policy Guide’. The functioning of European economies and, consequently, the well-being of societies is highly dependent on the long-term supply of natural resources and raw materials for production and use. However, access to non-energy mineral raw materials that constitute the basis of industrial is not stable and secure. To secure minerals supply in Europe we would need a policy framework promoting innovative and sustainable approaches to tackles challenges in the mining value chain. The MIN-GUIDE project has been designed to comprehensively tackle these challenges. The project will link to the European Innovation Partnership on Raw Materials (EIP) by feeding back its results into EU policy process, and supports outreach activities and community building. 1-2-2016 31-1-2019 Horizon 2020 Gerald Berger & Andreas Endl Newfert Nutrient recovery from biobased Waste for fertiliser production The NEWFERT (New Fertilisers) project is designed in order to recover nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium (NPK) nutrients from biobased waste for fertiliser production, bringing together 6 partners from 4 European Union member countries (Spain, Germany, France and Austria). Partners represent Member States throughout Europe, so that the project has a clear European dimension that will allow an easier pooling of competences and a wider and faster impact on the industrial fertiliser production. Realising the biobased economy potential in Europe, NEWFERT project involves the design and development of different enabling technologies to allow the re-use and valorisation from biowaste making them suitable as secondary raw material in the fertiliser industry: a new brand of eco-friendly and healthy advanced fertilisers. 1-7-2015 Horizon 2020 + Christian Kabbe and Javier Branas Private 2018
in AReas: Going Beyond Urban source geodesign decision support environment (GDSE) developed and implemented in living labs in six metropolitan areas. The GDSE allows creating integrated, place-based eco-innovative spatial development strategies aiming at a quantitative reduction of waste flows in the strategic interface of peri-urban areas. These strategies will promote the use of waste as a resource, thus support the on-going initiatives of the EC towards establishing a strong circular economy. The identification of such eco-innovative strategies will be based on the integration of life cycle thinking and geodesign to operationalise urban metabolism. Our approach differs from previous UM as we introduce a reversed material flow accounting to collect data accurate and detailed enough for the design of a variety of solutions to challenges. The developed impact and decision models allow quantification and validation of alternative solution paths and therefore promote sustainable urban development built on near-field synergies between the built and natural environments. This will be achieved by quantifying and tracking essential resource flows, mapping and quantification of negative and positive effects of present and future resource flows, and the determination of a set of indicators to inform decision makers concerning the optimization of (re-)use of resources. First application and market of combined wastewater treatment and reuse technology RichWater is a Fast Track to Innovation project whose main result is to develop a commercial system thoroughly demonstrated and tested in its operational environment. RichWater system is composed of a low-cost and MBR (to produce pathogen-free and nutrient rich irrigation water), a mixing module (for tailor-made mixing with freshwater and additional fertilizers), the fertigation unit and a monitoring / control module including soil sensors to guarantee demand-driven and case sensitive fertigation. By combining these developed 1-2-2016 31-1-2018 Horizon 2020 – Fast Track to Rafael Casielles, Antonia Lorenzo
(Slide 15 in Dutch) Nutrient recyclates for organic farming The Nurec4org project launched in will support the uptake of recycled nutrient products in organic farming in Germany. It is led by Kompetenzzentrum Wasser Berlin (KWB) and Bioland (Germany’s biggest organic farmers’ association) and funded by DBU, Germany’s largest environmental foundation. Actions will include studying the market potential for recycled phosphorus products in 1-1-2017 DBU for ? Christian Kabbe 2018
phosphorus from sewage sludge to fertilizer methods for improving bioavailability of wastewater P capture products, creating a new fertilizer end product. The second aim is to develop a common method for estimating bioavailability of P for efficient and environmentally friendly use of the capture products. World’s mineral phosphorus (P) reserves are diminishing, leading to elevated prices of P fertilizers. For sustainable agriculture practices, new ways of recycling P and closing the circulation are needed. In Finland, P in sewage sludge is the most neglected P source in agricultural production due to, among other things, low bio‐availability of P in the capture products. Ministry of Ylivainio Rec Alkaline Alkaline battery recycling Rec Alkaline Ltd is developing a method for recycling alkaline batteries, which will raise the recovery rate above 80 percent. The method for chemical processing of alkaline batteries takes place at room temperature so it consumes a fraction of the energy required by the foundry method. Investment costs are also significantly lower than with smelter technology, which requires substantial initial spending. And the recovery rate is almost twice as good as smelters can offer. The company has studied and developed the process for many years. Financing from Tekes facilitated the initial research and helped to chart chemical models. The company has started building the technology in 2015. The factory will be completed during Q3/2017. ? ? funding Jarmo Pudas SAVE Agricultural application of Gypsum, mainly consisting of calcium sulphate with some 0.2 % phosphorus is the byproduct of phosphoric acid production from phosphate rock. At Yara’s Siilinjärvi plant, Finland, some 1.3 million tons of gypsum is produced yearly. Because of the quality of Finland’s phosphate rock resources (igneous deposits) and the phosphoric acid production process operated by Yara, contaminant levels in the gypsum are low (conform to Finland fertiliser regulations and to the proposed EU Fertiliser Regulation values for soil improvers). Following 2016 ? Seija Luomanperä
analysis, regional demonstration, etc as a basis to support governments and others through international nitrogen policy processes. The big message is to count the of a joined-up nitrogen approach. By addressing better management across the nitrogen cycle, we can contribute to improving Economy-Wide Nitrogen Use Efficiency, while reducing surplus that would often be wasted as pollution. UPM and Yara recycled fertilisers UPM and Yara to recycled fertilisers The efficiency of recycled fertilisers and the need for their supplementation by mineral fertilisers are studied in the field trials at Kotkaniemi Research Station. The joint project by UPM and Yara concentrates on the possibilities for the agricultural reuse of nutrients retrieved from the sludge originating from the pulp and paper mill's effluent treatment plants and the ash from the incineration process. Together with UPM's R&D team, we are developing a nutrient solution that contains the correct ratio of recycled and mineral nutrients. Recycled fertilisers do not automatically contain the correct amount of nutrients, so they need to be supplemented by mineral fertilisers that the plants can utilise without difficulties. This ensures that all nutrients move to the plants during the growing season and do not remain in the fields to then be washed up to waterways. Raki2, a nutrient from the Finnish Ministry of the Koen Verkeer
improvements to the efficiency and productivity of the rearing systems were made through, for example, the development of separation and drying techniques. Data was used as the basis for economic, social and environmental impact assessments allowing recommendations for the future development of insect rearing stations at different geographical locations to be defined. R3Water of innovative solutions for Reuse of water, Recovery of valuable Substances and Resource efficiency in urban wastewater treatment The R3Water project focuses on the demonstration of innovative waste water treatment technologies for resource efficiency, reuse and recovery, including hydrothermal carbonisation. The main objective of the project is to demonstrate solutions that support the transition from a treatment plant for urban wastewater to a production unit of different valuables. The project aims to: (1) Demonstrate new technologies and solutions for increased resource efficiency in existing UWWTP performance thanks to innovative monitoring, advanced control strategies and management measures, (2) Demonstrate innovative wastewater technologies that enable reuse of water, recovery of valuables such as nutrients, (3) Facilitate market uptake for the demonstrated solutions for the European and global market by demonstrating solutions in different geographical context and reaching relevant stakeholders. Within the field of these topics, new and innovative technologies will be tested and demonstrated. For demonstration, 3 sites are involved in Belgium, Spain, and Sweden. 2014 2017 EU FP7 Uwe Fortkamp & Klara Westling R4R Chemical Regions for Resource Efficiency Chemical Regions for Resource Efficiency (R4R) is the project that will overcome the European fragmentation of ambitious and innovative regions. Through its methodology, R4R could lead the path to promising and positive impacts on resource efficiency. R4R will achieve a major step improvement in regional and transnational 1-1-2007 EU FP7 Anna Sager