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May 2023 - Scope #147
Nitrogen Recovery science
Summary of a selection of nearly 80 recent science publications on nitrogen recovery, with the aim of showing current state of the art in research and proposing conclusions on R&D needs.
April 2023 - Scope #146
SOFIE2
Summary of the second meeting of the Organic and Organo-Mineral Fertilisers industries, SOFIE2, Brussels and online 17-18 January 2023.
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March 2023 - Scope #145
Nitrogen Recovery
Summary of the ESPP Workshop on Nitrogen Recovery, Brussels and online, 19th January 2023.
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November 2022 - Scope #144
Perspectives for pyrolysis of sewage sludges
Summary of the first Swedish Conference on Sewage Sludge Biochar, Malmö, 11-12 October 2022.
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June 2022 - Scope #143
ESPC4/PERM5
Summary of the 4th European Sustainable Phosphorus Conference and the 5th Phosphorus in Europe Research Meeting, Vienna, Austria, June 2022.
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May 2022 - Scope # 142
Legacy Phosphorus in agricultural soils: Maintaining crop yields and minimising losses to water
Summary of the ESPP – BOKU webinar, 2nd February 2022, on “Legacy Phosphorus” and a selection of recent, relevant scientific publications.
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December 2021 - Scope # 141
Nutrient recovery & sustainability conferences
Summaries of several conferences on phosphorus management, nutrient recycling and sustainable fertilisers:.
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May 2021 - Scope # 140
Algae and the Circular Economy for Nutrients: regulatory challenges
Summary of the webinar organised by ESPP, with EABA (European Algae Biomass Association) on regulatory questions around valorisation of nutrients and other materials from waste-derived algae.
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January 2021 - Scope # 139
Nutrients and the EU Farm-to-Fork Policy
Summary of ESPP webinars discussing nutrients in EU policies, and in particular, the nutrient loss reduction target fixed by the EU Farm-to-Fork and Biodiversity Strategies.
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November 2020 - Scope # 138
Iron – phosphorus interactions and P stewardship
How iron impacts phosphorus availability in soils and agriculture. Interactions between iron in sewage P-removal and phosphorus recovery. Iron-based phosphorus adsorbents for P-removal from wastewater or surface waters and
Update on studies assessing fertiliser value of struvite
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November 2020 - Scope # 137
Climate Change, Nutrients and Catchment Management
This is the second SCOPE Newsletter special issue addressing the links between phosphorus, nutrients and climate change, in cooperation between the Sustainable Phosphorus Alliance, North America, and the European Sustainable Phosphorus Platform.
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October 2020 - Scope # 136
P4 (white phosphorus): EU Critical Raw Material
Summary of the expert webinar co-organised by the European Commission (DG GROW and JRC) and ESPP, with the EU industries using the specific form of phosphorus P4 its derivatives. Provides detailed information on flows and end-uses, as input to the EU MSA (Material System Analysis) of “Phosphorus” (P4) as a Critical Raw Material.
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July 2020 - Scope # 135
SCOPE Nutrients and Climate Change: (1) – Aquatic Methane Emissions
This is the first of several SCOPE Newsletter special issues addressing the links between phosphorus, nutrients and climate change. These special issues are produced in cooperation between the Sustainable Phosphorus Alliance, North America, and the European Sustainable Phosphorus Platform.
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January 2020 - Scope 134
Summary of three conferences on biosolids management (sewage sludge)
- Berlin sludge conference 2019 (Berliner Klärschlammkonferenz), 4-5 November 2019, Berlin
- 5th European Conference on Sludge Management (ECSM), 7-8 October 2019, Liège
- 24th European Biosolids Conference, AquaEnviro, Manchester 19-20 November 2019
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December 2019 - SCOPE # 133
In this SCOPE newsletter:
Summary of the ESPP waste water policy workshop
(sewage phosphorus removal perspectives and discharge limits)
Liège, 9th October 2019
- Optimising phosphorus removal strategies
- Flexible permits and catchment/load permitting
- Achievable levels of P-removal
- Financial tools to drive P-removal
- European water and nutrients policies
- Achieving low wwtp phosphorus discharges: trial results of technologies in real wwtp operation
- Investment costs
- Financial incentives
- Chemical P-removal innovation
With: Veolia, Suez, Aquafin, Wessex Water, Severn Trent Water / UKWIR, EGLV (Emschergenossenschaft & Lippeverband), VEAS Norway, Helsinki HSY, Kemira, EUREAU, ENEA (Italian P Platform), MM (Milan’s water operator), Aqua Publica, Denmark Ministry of Environment and Food, European Commission (DG Environment, DG Research & Innovation)
November 2019 - SCOPE # 132
In this SCOPE newsletter:
Summary of the 3rd IWA
Resource Recovery Conference (IWARR 2019)
- Conference conclusions
- From recovery to market
- Workshop on implementation
- Circular City workshop
- Conference keynotes and context
- Sewage sludge challenges in Italy
- Baltic Bonus RETURN
- Operator resource recovery strategies
- EU funding of water resource recovery R&D
- Looking beyond Europe
- Phosphorus recovery technologies
September 2019 - SCOPE # 131
Summary of the 9th International Phosphorus Workshop (IPW9)
ETH Zurich, 8 – 12 July 2019:
- Site visits
- Holistic view
- Phosphorus excess or phosphorus insufficiency?
- Fertiliser innovation
- Animal feeds
- Long-term field trials
- Phosphorus management policies
- Phosphorus recycling
- Conclusions
July 2019 - SCOPE # 130
SCOPE summary edition of the 1st Summit of the Organic Fertiliser Industry in Europe (SOFIE), 5 - 6 June 2019, organised by ESPP. SOFIE brought together, for the first time ever, the European carbon-based fertiliser sector, and attracted over 125 participants, from industry (two thirds of participants), regulators, stakeholders and R&D, covering 14 European countries, as well as India and North America.
April 2019 - SCOPE # 129
- Review papers on new fertilisers
- State of science on sewage biosolids
- Assessment of biosolids on farmland
- P-removal technology trials results published
- IFS Conference: leading science in sustainable farming
- Calcium phosphate food additives and health
- Phosphorus recycling technology tour
- Summary of German and Swiss legislations relevant to phosphorus recycling
October 2018 - SCOPE # 128
One of the European Sustainable Phosphorus Platform (ESPP)’s objectives is to be a hub for networking, for exchange of information and for interaction between research and industry. This SCOPE special edition aims to identify and summarise some of the most significant, recent, scientific publications into phosphorus stewardship. The following list of papers are summarised.