Objective The progressive implementation of the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive 91/271/EEC in all Member States isincreasing the quantities of sewage sludge requiring disposal: as reported in [1], in the EU-27, the current practices forsewage sludge disposal are landfill (18%), thermal treatment\incineration (23%), composting (7%), agricultural use (45%)and others re-uses (7%). Urban waste water and by-products can be reduced, indeed - this is one of the major challenges ofsustainable development - but not fully eliminated. This means that we have to deal with those waste materials, and try tofind for them a suitable, effective application, wherever possible, according to their prevalent features and potentialbeneficial effects. On the other side, this has to deal with potential environmental and health risks and has to be kept undercontrol both at the treatment stage and/or at the application stage, if the outlet of the treatment is not a “safe” product, yet.Proposers intend to move away from sewage sludge disposal as land filling, as this gradually has to be phased out by EU(Waste Framework Directive 2008/98/EC on waste), and agricultural use as fertilizers, as the latter presents stronglimitations coming from organic and inorganic pollutants that sewage sludge may contain. On the other hand, sludge thermaldrying for further re-use instead disposal, still needs considerable amounts of fossil fuel to provide the heat necessary to theprocess and thus remain an unexplored (but added-value potential) research and market area.The main scope of the SLUDGEtreat project is to prolong the life cycle of sewage sludge, by i) improving sludge quality andii) increasing the percentage of sludge dry matter up to 50% of solid content for high added-value re-uses (i.e. as energy,biomass), other than fertilizers. Fields of science engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwater treatment processeswastewater treatment processesengineering and technologynanotechnologynano-materialsengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwaste managementwaste treatment processesagricultural sciencesagricultural biotechnologybiomass Programme(s) FP7-PEOPLE - Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) Topic(s) FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IAPP - Marie Curie Action: "Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways" Call for proposal FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IAPP See other projects for this call Funding Scheme MC-IAPP - Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways (IAPP) Coordinator POLITECNICO DI MILANO EU contribution € 383 335,25 Address PIAZZA LEONARDO DA VINCI 32 20133 Milano Italy See on map Region Nord-Ovest Lombardia Milano Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Daniela Rosa Fagnani (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (4) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all AST S.R.L. Participation ended Italy EU contribution € 45 445,61 Address VIA MACHIAVELLI 47 41019 SOLIERA MO See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Angela Piccolo (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data ASOCIACION DE LA INDUSTRIA NAVARRA Spain EU contribution € 295 873,37 Address CARRETERA DE PAMPLONA 1 31191 Cordovilla See on map Region Noreste Comunidad Foral de Navarra Navarra Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Mercedes Erice Velilla (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data FLUBETECH S.L. Spain EU contribution € 312 511,56 Address CTRA NACIONAL N 150 KM 14 08225 Terrassa Barcelona See on map Region Este Cataluña Barcelona Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Carles Colominas Guardia (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data X2 SOLUTIONS SRL Italy EU contribution € 284 876,76 Address VIA XXI LUGLIO 20 41073 MIRANDOLA See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Stefania Molinari (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data
