13th March 2024 - Policy tools to support market pull for recycled nutrients
Identify policy tools to support market pull for recycled nutrients which could achieve consensus across industry and users.
The EU Green Deal 2019 mentions possible “legal requirements to boost the market for secondary raw materials, with mandatory recycled content” and the EU Circular Economy Action Plan 2020 refers to “stimulating the markets for recovered nutrients”. To date, there are no EU proposals.
Industry and user positions on possible market pull policy tools can differ. The aim of this meeting is to identify policies which could achieve consensus across recycled product producers (waste companies, recycling technology suppliers), industry and uses (fertilisers industries, distributers, farmers). And to discuss how to elaborate technical proposals to submit to policy makers. 13th March 2024 - Policy tools to support market pull for recycled nutrients.
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14th March 2024 - Proposing UWWT Directive targets for P and N recovery
Define proposals for possible regulatory targets for phosphorus and nitrogen reuse-recycling from sewage.
The proposed UWWTD revision draft text (art. 20) states: “The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts … setting out the minimum reuse and recycling rates for phosphorus and nitrogen …”.
This meeting aims to develop consensus proposals for such “reuse and recycling rates”, covering for example:
- what are feasible “rates” for P and for N recovery?
- how should these “rates” be defined? … as % of wwtp inflow? … as % in sludge? … as % in ash? …
- as recovery of P or N down to a certain residual level (per p.e.)? … other …?
- should the “rates” be different for wwtps of different size? different configuration? Before or after sludge energy valorisation / combustion ?
- definition of “reuse and recycling”? … Should this include treated sludge use in agriculture (biosolids to land). If so, under what conditions, e.g. quality / contaminants? plant nutrient availability? spreading according to crop nutrient requirements? CE or National fertiliser certification ?
- should “reuse” and “recycling” be addressed differently depending on context: size of wastewater treatment works, regional context …
- should quality/functional requirements be specified for recovered nutrient products?
- other questions proposed by meeting participants.
13th March 2024: policy tools to support market pull for recycled nutrients
14th March: proposing UWWT Directive targets for P and N recovery, ESPP policy workshop
Both: Brussels & online. Registration is open www.phosphorusplatform.eu/