PROPHACTION: Revaluing sludge from wastewater treatment plants
The Recovery of Biomass or Sludge from Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTPs) is currently of great interest, given the large amounts of this waste generated every year and the high costs associated with its disposal. In the current European system, around 309 million tons of sludge are produced annually in the EU and Turkey, with disposal […]
GREENFARM: SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION OF FERTILIZERS AND PESTICIDES FROM LIVESTOCK FARM WASTE
The Institute of Sustainable Processes (ISP) is part of GREENFARM, a “proof-of-concept” project by the Ministry of Science and Innovation, whose main goal is to produce fertilizers and pesticides from the treatment of livestock waste. The project involves researchers José María Fernández-Sevilla and Francisco Gabriel Acién from the University of Almería (UAL); and Silvia Bolado, […]
Get to know what the ISP is doing in the EU Project CHEERS
Producing novel non-plant biomass feedstocks and bio-based products through upcycling and the cascading use of brewery side-streams The Institute of Sustainable Processes is taking part in the EU-funded Horizon Europe project CHEERS (topic HORIZON-CL6-2021-CIRCBIO-01-05). CHEERS is a new biorefinery concept, inspired by nature’s biodiversity (insect and microbial platforms) with the objective of revalorising underutilised […]
