Project description
Innovative system recovering water from organic waste
Water scarcity challenges several countries and threatens agricultural production. Innovative technologies can recover water from organic waste. WasteWater Science Ltd, a Maltese SME, aims to produce wastewater recovery products to reclaim the nutrients in the wastewater for productive use. The innovation offers producers a greener alternative that eliminates disposal and hauling costs and farmers in arid countries with sufficient and cheap water. In addition, the solution creates added value from waste and by-products generated on the farm. The EU-funded WasteWater Science project will carry out an elaborate Feasibility Study and Business Plan to get this product on the market, and commercialise affordable, portable, and autonomous wastewater treatment units.
Objective
WasteWater Science Ltd is a Maltese fast growing SME that has a clear business objective to produce wastewater recovery
products and to reclaim the nutrients in the wastewater for productive use. Our company intends to commercialise a novel
affordable, portable and autonomous wastewater treatments units and make the business more profitable and sustainable
through a novel business model. We are challenging the status quo of organic waste disposal by offering producers a novel
and greener alternative that is more convenient, eliminates disposal and hauling costs and in countries where water is a
scarce and expensive resource it recovers water from organic waste, thus reducing significantly their water bills. 70% of the
world’s water is used in the agricultural sector. Our novel product creates added value from waste and by-products
generated on farm and saves the farmer 85% of costs. Our company has diversified from Big Players and has created an
untapped niche market in the $1 Billion wastewater treatment industry. Our solution provides a high economic impact to the
global agriculture sector. We foresee that our innovative product will generate over €5 Million to our annual revenue by 2020,
increase our annual profits by 10% and grow direct employment by 1150% by 2020. Phase 1 of this innovative project is to
carry out an elaborate Feasibility Study and Business Plan to get this product from TRL6 to TRL9 and commercialise it in the
international market
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
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- engineering and technology environmental engineering water treatment processes wastewater treatment processes
- agricultural sciences animal and dairy science dairy
- social sciences economics and business business and management business models
- agricultural sciences agriculture, forestry, and fisheries agriculture
- social sciences economics and business business and management employment
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Programme(s)
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H2020-EU.2.3. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Innovation In SMEs
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H2020-EU.3. - PRIORITY 'Societal challenges
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H2020-EU.2.1. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies
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Topic(s)
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Funding Scheme
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SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1
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Call for proposal
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(opens in new window) H2020-EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020
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BZN1406 BALZAN
Malta
The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
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