‘Fertilisers from wastewater’ an award winning concept

Run4Life is an EU project focused on recovering fertilisers from domestic wastewaters and kitchen waste. By separating toilet-wastewater (black water), other domestic wastewater (grey water) and kitchen waste at the source, nutrients can more efficiently be recovered. With the technologies applied in Run4Life the nutrients from the toilet-wastewater and kitchen waste are safely converted into fertiliser products. In 4 cities in Europe this concept is applied at full scale in different configurations. […]

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Circu City Summer school running smoothly!

The summer school on Circular Cities is half-way now and running smoothly! A diverse group of students makes up the Circu City population of this 2020 edition: not only students from the SINReM Circular Societies track and IMETE students, but also a complementary set of external students. 55 students in total, 33 nationalities, calling in from 3 different time zones! […]

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The 5th European Conference on Sludge Management, ECSM’2019

The 5th European Conference on Sludge Management, ECSM’2019, takes place in Liege, Belgium, from 6th to 8th of October 2019.

It is organized by the University of Liege, with the support of the INTERREG NWE project Phos4You. The main scope of the conference is to provide a scientific program of cutting-edge research in wastewater sludge management.    […]

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Phosphorus recovery with the Remondis TetraPhos® process: Investigations completed within the framework of Phos4You

As part of the Phos4You project, the Lippeverband tested the suitability of phosphorus recovery at a pre-industrial scale from sewage sludge ashes produced in the Emscher-Lippe-region. […]

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Glasgow Caledonian University hosted European partnership and showcased innovative P recovery procedure with microalgae.

On 7th and 8th May 2019, Glasgow Caledonian University hosted European partnership in Glasgow, Scotland and showcased innovative P recovery procedure with microalgae.

The 5th Phos4You working group meeting was filled up with intense work. […]

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Rethinking glasshouse horticulture with algae

Interreg Vlaanderen-Nederland “Blauwe Keten” (The blue chain) aims to re-boost Flemish and Dutch greenhouse horticulture by expanding the existing range of products. A product that shows great potential is the microalgae Spirulina as it contains an important source of phycocyanin, which is a natural blue dye. Next to cultivating and valorising Spirulina, the project aims to valorise the produced waste streams, using duckweed. […]

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