project - Research and innovation

Recovery and Utilization of Nutrients 4 Low Impact Fertilizer (Run4Life)
Recovery and Utilization of Nutrients 4 Low Impact Fertilizer (Run4Life)

Ongoing | 2017 - 2021 Other, European Union
Ongoing | 2017 - 2021 Other, European Union
Affichage actuel du contenu de la page dans la langue maternelle, si disponible

Objectives

“H2020 NUTRIMAN (818470) TN Thematic Network CSA Coordination and Support Action marketing promotion”



Domestic wastewater is an important carrier of resources, especially water and nutrients – which are hardly recovered in the current centralised wastewater management systems. Run4Life demonstrates an alternative strategy for improving nutrient recovery, based on a decentralised treatment of segregated black water (toilet wastewater), grey water (other domestic wastewaters) and organic kitchen waste. Different innovative technologies are combined to achieve this goal. At 4 sites in Europe, for the first time nutrients will be recovered from domestic waste streams of several 100 dwellings. In collaboration with fertilizer producers, the resulting products will be characterised and the possibilities for their agricultural application will be determined. End users and other stakeholders are a fundamental part of this evaluation to achieve institutional, legal and social acceptance.

Objectives

“H2020 NUTRIMAN (818470) TN Thematic Network CSA Coordination and Support Action marketing promotion”



Domestic wastewater is an important carrier of resources, especially water and nutrients – which are hardly recovered in the current centralised wastewater management systems. Run4Life demonstrates an alternative strategy for improving nutrient recovery, based on a decentralised treatment of segregated black water (toilet wastewater), grey water (other domestic wastewaters) and organic kitchen waste. Different innovative technologies are combined to achieve this goal. At 4 sites in Europe, for the first time nutrients will be recovered from domestic waste streams of several 100 dwellings. In collaboration with fertilizer producers, the resulting products will be characterised and the possibilities for their agricultural application will be determined. End users and other stakeholders are a fundamental part of this evaluation to achieve institutional, legal and social acceptance.

Activities

WP1 – Project Management

WP2 – Innovations for efficient Nutrient Recovery

WP3 – Large Scale Demonstration: testing, optimisation and validation

WP4 – End-users perspective: quality and safety requirements

WP5 – Risk and Life Cycle Assessments

WP6 – Strategic Organisational and Social Innovation

WP7 – Exploitation and Market Uptake

WP8 – Communication and Dissemination for Social and Market acceptance

Activities

WP1 – Project Management

WP2 – Innovations for efficient Nutrient Recovery

WP3 – Large Scale Demonstration: testing, optimisation and validation

WP4 – End-users perspective: quality and safety requirements

WP5 – Risk and Life Cycle Assessments

WP6 – Strategic Organisational and Social Innovation

WP7 – Exploitation and Market Uptake

WP8 – Communication and Dissemination for Social and Market acceptance

Project details
Main funding source
Horizon 2020 (EU Research and Innovation Programme)
Project acronym
Run4Life
Agricultural sectors
  • Crops (generic)
  • Other sectors
Affichage actuel du contenu de la page dans la langue maternelle, si disponible

1 Practice Abstracts

Nutrients will be recovered from source-separated domestic wastewater flows and organic kitchen waste, with the purpose of applying them in afgriculture and thus closing the cycle between consumption and agriculture. Innovative wastewater treatment technologies will be employed, directed at the production of high-quality and safe fertilisers. Demonstration of the recovery technologies will take place at four different large scale sites in Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain and Sweden. End users will be involved in product testing and quality validation.

Nutrients will be recovered from source-separated domestic wastewater flows and organic kitchen waste, with the purpose of applying them in afgriculture and thus closing the cycle between consumption and agriculture. Innovative wastewater treatment technologies will be employed, directed at the production of high-quality and safe fertilisers. Demonstration of the recovery technologies will take place at four different large scale sites in Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain and Sweden. End users will be involved in product testing and quality validation.

Affichage actuel du contenu de la page dans la langue maternelle, si disponible

Contacts

Project coordinator

  • Aqualia

    Project coordinator

Project partners

  • FCC AQUALIA SA Spain

    Project partner

  • DESAH BV Netherlands, SVERIGES LANTBRUKSUNIVERSITET Sweden

    Project partner

  • LEAF BV Netherlands

    Project partner

  • ACONDICIONAMIENTO TARRASENSE ASSOCIACION (LEITAT) Spain

    Project partner

  • NORDVASTRA SKANES VATTEN OCH AVLOPP AB Sweden

    Project partner

  • UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA Spain

    Project partner

  • WATER, ENVIRONMENT AND BUSINESS FOR DEVELOPMENT SL Spain

    Project partner

  • WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY Netherlands

    Project partner

  • CONSORCIO DE LA ZONA FRANCA DE VIGO Spain

    Project partner

  • ECOMOTIVE AS Norway

    Project partner

  • ISLE UTILITIES LIMITED United Kingdom

    Project partner

  • Clean Energy Innovative Projects Belgium

    Project partner

  • FORFARMERS CORPORATE SERVICES BV Netherlands

    Project partner

  • ASB GRUNLAND HELMUT AURENZ GMBH Germany.

    Project partner