ITALIAN PHOSPHORUS PLATFORM

ITALIAN PHOSPHORUS PLATFORM
Technologies and best pratices for circular phosphorus management
Italian phosphorus platform technologies and best pratices are listed here below (all the contents are in Italian)

TECHNOLOGIES 2025

RE-CORD
PROCESS: Combined pyrolysis and chemical leaching process (CHARLENE), currently patented (EU: EP4095107A1), allowing the transformation of biogenic waste into two different products

HBI Group
TECHNOLOGY: Patented technology ( four international patents) for the treatment of sewage sludge able to address the main challenges for the wastewater treatment plant operators, including phosphorus recovery as mineral fraction compatible with existing industrial supply chains

F.O.S.F.O.R.O.
PROJECT: Project funded by the "Collabora & Innova" Call for Proposals of the Lombardy Region aiming to transform sewage sludge into a strategic resource for environment and industry, promoting circular economy and sustainability

NEOFOS
PROJECT: Project funded by Minister for Environment and Energy Security as part of the “Mission Innovation 2.0” initiative, aiming to develop innovative circular approaches through the implementation of technological solutions and integrated strategies at plant scale, able to ensure phosphorus removal from wastewater and recovery as sustainable secondary raw materials

UPCYCLE
PROJECT: MSCA (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action) Doctoral Network project funded by the European Commission, aiming to train 15 highly qualified young researchers, with multidisciplinary skills, developing in particular professionals skills for optimizing biogenic waste conversion technologies and designing innovative solutions for recycling them into high-value secondary raw materials

TECHNOLOGIES 2023-24
In alphabetical order

CRPA - Research Centre on Animal Production
PROJECT: STRUVITE – Treatment of livestock effluents and digestates to reduce emissions and produce Struvite

ITALMATCH
PROJECT: FLASHPHOS - The complete thermochemical recycling of sewage sludge

PHOSTER
PROJECT: PHOSTER - Phosphorus and magnesium recovery from waste streams for production of high-value renewable fertilizers

RE-CORD
TECHNOLOGY: Integrater thermochemical process for the combined recovery of carbon and phosporus and raw materials from residual matrices

UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA
TECHNOLOGY: Innovative thermochemical process for phosphorus recovery
PROJECT: DEASPHOR - Design of a product for SUBSTITUTION of phosphate rocks
PROJECT: PHIGO -Thermal Processing of P-rich ashes aiming for HIGH-GRADE PHOSPHORUS Products

TECHNOLOGIES 2019
In alphabetical order

Acea Ambiente Srl - Ingelia Italia S.p.A.
Recovery of phosphates from sewage sludge by hydrothermal carbonization (HTC)

ACQUA&SOLE SRL
Recovery of phosphorus by agricultural recovery of digestate from civil sewage sludge and other organic waste co-digestion

BIOFORCETECH CORPORATION
Recovery of phosphorus by BioDryer process and P-Series Pyrolysis from sewage sludge and organic waste

CAP Group
Integrated bio-platform

CCS AOSTA SRL
Production of microbiotic biots, able to increase phosphorus uptake of plants

University of Naples ‘Federico II’- CERMANU
Phosphorus uptake of plants increasing through agricultural residues as soil conditioner

CREA
Promotion of rhizosphere microrganisms interaction (mycorrhiza)

DEASPHOR - Design of a product for SUBSTITUTION of phosphate rocks
The project DEASPHOR aims phosphorus-recycling from poultry litter ash since the direct utilization of poultry litter has eight times more P than plants need. However, further P-concentration is needed to make poultry litter capable of substituting phosphate rocks. Therefore exploratory and innovative solutions are proposed.

ENEA
Poultry manure based bioactivator for better soil management through bioremediation (POREM LIFE17 ENV/IT/333 POREM)

IREN group (AGAC)
Phophorus recovery from wastewater. PHOSTRIP technology

Pizzoli S.p.A
Wasterwater Dephosphatation for agrifood industry

Ricicla group – University of Milan
Digestate a NPK renewable fertilizer (SYSTEMIC and NUTRI2CYCLE projects)
Phosphorus recovery as struvite from digestate through crystallization

Unikore
Residual biomass thermochemical conversion

Marche Politecnica University, University of Verona, University of Venezia, Alto Trevigiano Servizi
Phosphorus recovery as struvite from anaerobic surnatants plant

VEOLIA/ KRUGER DK
STRUVIA TM technology