Project description
Innovative techniques for phosphorus management
Existing agricultural practices overexploit and waste the earth’s phosphorus (P) reserves. This results in large flows of P into surface waters, damaging ecosystems. Since these practices use valuable P resources and pollute the environment, the EU has issued a circular Economy Action Plan that aims to move towards a circular P economy. This requires new interdisciplinary collaborations that will radically shape P governance, introducing new P management solutions. The EU-funded RecaP project will train a new generation of P specialists to become 'knowledge brokers' across disciplinary silos, aiming to ensure transformative changes in P sustainability in the EU. The project will train early-stage researchers in the capture and recycling of P from wastewater and freshwater systems as well as in innovative P recovery and freshwater restoration techniques.
Field of science
- /engineering and technology/environmental engineering/waste management/waste treatment processes/recycling
- /social sciences/sociology/governance
- /natural sciences/chemical sciences/inorganic chemistry/inorganic compounds
Programme(s)
Call for proposal
H2020-MSCA-ITN-2020
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Funding Scheme
MSCA-ITN-ETN - European Training NetworksCoordinator
5230 Odense M
Denmark
Participants (11)
12489 Berlin
9220 Aalborg
1165 Kobenhavn
2214 Auersthal
1180 Wien
LS2 9JT Leeds
2860 Soeborg
90014 Oulu
1081 HV Amsterdam
8911 MA Leeuwarden
BT7 1NN Belfast