Description du projet
Lutter efficacement contre la pollution de l’eau
La pénurie d’eau est un problème mondial pressant, puisque 47 % de la population mondiale devrait y être confrontée d’ici à 2030. Le coupable? Les eaux usées industrielles contaminées, remplies de micropolluants tels que des ions métalliques, des pesticides et des produits pharmaceutiques. Si les méthodes actuelles de traitement de l’eau éliminent efficacement 99,96 % des contaminants, les 0,04 % restants constituent une menace redoutable. Dans ce contexte, le projet CGM, financé par l’UE, introduira des supports en nanocellulose de pointe pouvant être adaptés pour cibler et recycler des micropolluants spécifiques. Contrairement à ses prédécesseurs, le système CGM est conçu avec une précision inégalée, capturant et éliminant efficacement l’insaisissable 0,04 % de contaminants qui échappent actuellement au traitement. Grâce à sa faible consommation d’énergie et à ses exigences minimales en matière d’entretien, les clients ont accès à une solution simple pour lutter contre la pollution de l’eau.
Objectif
Customem Ltd is a company founded with the long term vision to harness nature’s capacity to make biomaterials to promote human health in alignment with sustainable development goals. A next generation nanomedia that can be tailored to capture and recycle specific micropollutants in contaminated industrial wastewater. Lack of access to clean water is predicted to affect 47% of the world’s population by 2030. Contamination of water supplies by micropollutants such as metal ions, pesticides and pharmaceuticals is a major contributor to this water stress. These pollutants are released by industrial processes in the textile and manufacturing industries. Existing water treatment removes 99.96% of contaminants, but does not remove the 0.04% of micropollutants. Although the remaining contaminants seem small, they are a major problem as they are exceptionally difficult to capture but also highly toxic to humans and animals. CustoMem have developed a customisable selective nanocellulose media called CustoMem Granular Media (CGM) that is bioengineered to capture and remove all micropollutants including the 0.04% that cannot currently be removed. Customers benefit from a simple, low cost, low energy solution that is low maintenance. It allows removal of all micropollutants resulting in clean water supplies. The company is headquartered in the Imperial College Incubator UK and currently has 6 employees. The company is currently in talks with companies in the EU who have shown an active interest in the project. The Phase 2 project will allow CustoMem to finalise CGM development and accelerate its market introduction.
Champ scientifique
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwater treatment processeswastewater treatment processes
- medical and health sciencesbasic medicinepharmacology and pharmacypharmaceutical drugs
- natural sciencesphysical sciencescondensed matter physicssoft matter physics
- engineering and technologymaterials engineeringtextiles
- engineering and technologyindustrial biotechnologybiomaterials
Programme(s)
- H2020-EU.2.1.2. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies – Nanotechnologies Main Programme
- H2020-EU.2.1.5. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies - Advanced manufacturing and processing
- H2020-EU.2.1.3. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies - Advanced materials
- H2020-EU.2.3.1. - Mainstreaming SME support, especially through a dedicated instrument
Régime de financement
SME-2 - SME instrument phase 2Coordinateur
SW7 2AZ LONDON
Royaume-Uni
L’entreprise s’est définie comme une PME (petite et moyenne entreprise) au moment de la signature de la convention de subvention.