REcovery and REcycling of nutrients TURNing wasteWATER into added-value products for a circular economy in agriculture

Project Information

Water2REturn

Grant agreement ID: 730398

DOI 10.3030/730398

Project closed

EC signature date 2 May 2017

Start date 1 July 2017

End date 31 March 2022

Funded under

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Climate action, Environment, Resource Efficiency and Raw Materials

Total cost € 7 075 919,85

EU contribution € 5 871 895,76

Coordinated by

BIOAZUL, SL
Spain

Deliverables

Documents, reports (6)

Report on occupational health & safety

Report on occupational health safety

Policy brief and roadmap to foster EU implementation of nutrient recovery from industrial wastewater stream.

Policy brief and roadmap to foster EU implementation of nutrient recovery from industrial wastewater stream

Report on LCA goal and scope definition
User Manual
Communication plan
ETV certification

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (5)

Comunication and dissemination material

Report on communication and dissemination material including electronic newsletters leaflets fact sheets with technical information rollups gadgets articles project video Leyman Report etc

International Demonstration workshop
Project website
Final Conference and Brokerage event

Final Conference and Brokerage

Capacity Building activities addressed to the meat and agriculture industries

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (6)

First approaches to valorizate fat, oil and grease (FOG) as anaerobic co-substrate with slaughterhouse wastewater: Biomethane potential, settling capacity and microbial dynamics.

Author(s): Cristina Agabo-García, Rosario Solera, Montserrat Pérez
Published in: Chemosphere, Issue 259, 2020, Page(s) 127474, ISSN 0045-6535
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.127474

Eco-energetic management of activated sludge derived from slaughterhouse wastewater treatment: pre-treatments for enhancing biogas production under anaerobic conditions

Author(s): Pablo Caballero, Cristina Ágabo-García, Rosario Solera, Juan Parrado, Montserrat Pérez
Published in: Sustainable Energy & Fuels, Issue 4/10, 2020, Page(s) 5072-5079, ISSN 2398-4902
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/d0se00992j

Biomethane production improvement by enzymatic pre-treatments and enhancers 2 of sewage sludge anaerobic digestion.

Author(s): C. Agabo-García, M. Pérez, B. Rodríguez-Morgado, J. Parrado, R. Solera
Published in: Fuel, Issue 43770, 2019, ISSN 0016-2361
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2019.115713

Microalgae cultivation on biogas digestate in SubAlpine region of Europe

Author(s): """Lara Resman, Maja Berden Zrimec, Francisco Gabriel Acién Fernández, Vid Žitko, Helena Grčman, Borut Lazar, Robert Reinhardt, Ana Cerar and Rok Mihelič"""
Published in: Sustainability, 2022, ISSN 2071-1050
Publisher: MDPI Open Access Publishing

Obtaining edaphic biostimulants/biofertilizers from sewage sludge using fermentative processes. Short-time effects on soil biochemical properties

Author(s): Bruno Rodríguez-Morgado, Pablo Caballero, Patricia Paneque, Isidoro Gómez, Juan Parrado, Manuel Tejada
Published in: Environmental Technology, Issue 40/3, 2017, Page(s) 399-406, ISSN 0959-3330
Publisher: Selper Ltd.
DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2017.1393016

Biostimulative effects of microalgae grown biogas digestate

Author(s): Lara Resman, Petra Korenč, Francisco Gabriel Acién Fernández, Vid Žitko, Maja Berden Zrimec, Ana Cerar and Rok Mihelič
Published in: Front. Plant Sci., 2022, ISSN 1664-462X
Publisher: Frontiers Media S. A.

Non-peer reviewed articles (3)

Anaerobic digestion of slaughterhouse waste in batch and anaerobic sequential batch reactors

Author(s): Vanessa Ripoll1,2 · Cristina Agabo‑García1 · Rosario Solera1 · Montserrat Perez
Published in: Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, Issue 2022, 2022, ISSN 2190-6823
Publisher: Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery
DOI: 10.1007/s13399-021-02179-1

Use of Slaughterhouse Sludge in the Bioremediation of an Oxyfluorfen-Polluted Soil

Author(s): Avila Pozo, Paloma, Parrado Rubio, Juan, Caballero Jiménez, Pablo, Díaz López, Marta, Bastida, Felipe, et. al.
Published in: International Journal of Environmental Research, 2021, ISSN 2008-2304
Publisher: International Journal of Environmental Research
DOI: 10.1007/s41742-021-00351-z

Bioremediation of an oxyfluorfen-polluted soil using biostimulants obtained by fermentation processes: Effect on biological properties

Author(s): Tejada Moral, Manuel, Macías, Sandra, Caballero Jiménez, Pablo, Gómez Parrales, Isidoro Angel, Paneque Macías, Patricia, et. al.:
Published in: Applied Soil Ecology, 2022, ISSN 0929-1393
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2021.104270

Conference proceedings (12)

Effect of subtilisin, a protease from Bacillus sp., on soil biochemical parameters and microbial biodiversity

Author(s): Pablo Caballero Jiménez, Sandra Macías Benítez, Elisa Revilla Torres, Manuel Tejada Moral, Juan Parrado Rubio, Angélica Castaño Navarro
Published in: European Journal of Soil Biology, Issue Volume 101, November–December 2020, 103244, 2020
Publisher: European Journal of Soil Biology
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejsobi.2020.103244

Obdelava mikroalg za biostimulacijo kmetijskih rastlin = Treatment of microalgae for biostimulation of agricultural plants

Author(s): Resman Lara, Oven Primož, Bertoncelj Jani, Mihelič Rok
Published in: Novi izzivi v agronomiji 2021 : zbornik simpozija = New challenges in agronomy 2021 : proceedings of symposium, Issue 2021, 2021, Page(s) 299-305, ISBN 978-961-94613-1-0
Publisher: Slovensko agronomsko društvo

Design of a demonstrative scale fermentation unit for conversion of slaughterhouse sludge into agronomic products: Biostimulants and biofertilizers

Author(s): Pablo Caballero Jiménez Ana M. García Martínez Bruno Rodríguez Morgado Luis Martín Presas Manuel Tejada Moral Juan Parrado Rubio
Published in: BioVeg2019 - 12mo Congreso Internacional de Biotecnología Vegetal y Agricultura, 2019, Page(s) 92, 93, ISBN 9879591642608
Publisher: Bioveg

Anaerobic digestion of slaughterhouse waste in batch and anaerobic sequential batch reactors

Author(s): Vanessa Ripoll, Cristina Agabo‑García, Rosario Solera, Montserrat Perez
Published in: 2022
Publisher: Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery

Biological pretreatment of sewage sludge before anaerobic digestion process

Author(s): Rosario Solera, Cristina Agabo, Juan Parrado, Montserrat Perez
Published in: 2019
Publisher: AIDIC

Effect of enzymatic pretreatments on sewage sludge anaerobic digestion

Author(s): Montserrat Perez, Cristina Agabo, Juan Parrado, Rosario Solera
Published in: ECCE 12 & ECAB 5 (5th EUROPEAN CONGRESS OF APPLIED BIOTECHNOLOGY), 2019
Publisher: AIDIC

Increased biogas production at wastewater treatment plants through co-digestion of sewage sludge

Author(s): R. Solera, D. Sales, M. Perez
Published in: 4º Congreso Iberoamericano sobre Biorrefinerías, 2018
Publisher: 4º Congreso Iberoamericano sobre Biorrefinerías

Optimización de la digestión anaeróbica de lodos mediante codigestión con un sustrato agroindustrial

Author(s): M. Pérez, M.L. Muñoz, D. Sales, R. Solera
Published in: 6ª Jornadas de la Red Española de Compostaje, 2018
Publisher: Red Española de Compostaje

Ensayos de biodegradabilidad metanogénica (BMP) de co-digestión anaeróbica de lodos pretratados enzimáticamente

Author(s): R. Solera, M.L. Muñoz, D. Sales, M. Pérez
Published in: 6ª Jornadas de la Red Española de Compostaje, 2018
Publisher: Red Española de Compostaje

Efecto de varios pretratamientos para mejorar la digestión anaeróbica con lodo de aguas residuales

Author(s): R. Solera, M.L. Muñoz, D. Sales, M. Pérez
Published in: 6ª Jornadas de la Red Española de Compostaje, 2018
Publisher: Red Española de Compostaje

Biochemical Methane Potential (BMP) assays using pre-treated sewage sludge from different sources

Author(s): M. Pérez, D. Sales, R. Solera
Published in: 4º Congreso Iberoamericano de Biorrefinerías, 2018
Publisher: 4º Congreso Iberoamericano sobre Biorrefinerías

Valorización energética y recuperación de nutrientes de aguas residuales para obtener bioproductos con fines agronómicos

Author(s): C. Agabol, M. Pérez, D. Sales, R. Solera
Published in: 1er Congreso de Jóvenes Investigadores en Ciencias Agroalimentarias, 2018
Publisher: Congreso de Jóvenes Investigadores en Ciencias Agroalimentarias

Book chapters (1)

Wastewater cultivated macroalgae as a bio-resource in agriculture

Author(s): Maja Berden Zrimec, Erik Malta, Martha Bonnet Dunbar, Ana Cerar, Robert Reinhardt, Rok Mihelič
Published in: Sustainable Global Resources Of Seaweeds Volume 1: Bioresources , cultivation, trade and multifarious applications 1st ed. 2022 Edition; Eds. A. Ranga Rao & G.A. Ravishnakar, 2022, Page(s) pp.435-449
Publisher: Sustainable Global Resources Of Seaweeds
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-91955-9_23

Other (1)

Proceso bifásico (físico-fermentativo) para la conversión de lodos de depuradora en bioestimulantes: evaluación funcional y diseño de planta piloto

Author(s): Pablo Caballero Jiménez
Published in: 2020
Publisher: Universidad de Sevilla