Resource container – products from wastewater

DESCRIPTION OF ACTION

Proof-of-concept tests were carried out to examine 2–3 technology combinations for the recovery of nutrients and carbon from municipal wastewater. The best technology combination was piloted on one of the types of wastewater studied.

SCHEDULE

2016–2017

FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT AND FUNDING

Funding from the programme to promote the recycling of nutrients (Raki), Ministry of the Environment

EUR 353,400 (Ministry of the Environment: EUR 282,750)

MAIN IMPLEMENTING PARTY AND CONTACT

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd

Final report (in Finnish):

www.businessfinland.fi/en/whats-new/cases/2017/a-resource-container-recovering-and-recycling-valuable-nutrients-from-waste-water/