Partners & more

On this page you find an overview of the Run4Life project partners. The Run4Life consortium represents the entire value chain, consisting of universities, technology providers, public utilities, end users and experts in social sciences and humanities. This optimal combination of partners increases the market success of the proposed solutions and enhances social acceptance.

The European Commission’s Horizon Results Booster has established the project group “Value Creation from Wastewater”. Run4Life is one of the projects selected to joint this group along with; AFTERLIFE (GA no. 745737), ALICE (GA no. 734560), SCALIBUR (GA no. 817788), and ZERO BRINE (GA no. 730390). These projects all introduce solutions for wastewater treatment, recovery and reuse for both industrial and public sector utility operators and policy actors. More information can be found here.

In addition, links are provided to a selection of other EU-funded projects working on resource recovery from wastewater and organic waste, the application of recovered fertilisers, as well as links to networks and platforms.

The Run4Life Consortium

The consortium of Run4Life consists of 15 organisations from different EU countries, each with their own expertise in the nutrient recovery value chain. For more information on each partner please visit the respective website by clicking on the logo.

Aqualia (ES)

DeSaH (NL)

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SE)

LeAF (NL)

LEITAT (ES)

NSVA (SE)

Universidad de Santiago de Compostela

WE&B Water, Environment and Business for Development (ES)

Wageningen University & Research (NL)

Zona Franca de Vigo (ES)

Ecomotive (NO)

Isle (UK)

CEIP

For Farmers

ASB Greenworld (DE)

The below map shows the locations of the Run4Life partners and demonstration sites.

Discover fellow circular economy projects and networks

Together with Run4Life there are many more projects working on the circular economy in relation to wastewater and organic waste, as well as networks of stakeholders and project clusters. The EC Executive Agency for SMEs (EASME) has developed an interactive tool providing a wealth of information about projects funded through different EU programmes. The Data Hub features an overview map, linked to project summaries, beneficiaries and demonstration sites. In addition, a wealth of information about projects and their results can be found on the EC’s CORDIS portal.

If you would like to see a link to your project added on this page please contact us.

Projects working mainly on wastewater:

Demonstration of water loops with innovative regenerative business models for the Mediterranean region (2018-2022)

Innovative Eco-Technologies for Resource Recovery from Wastewater (2016-2019)

New energy and resources from urban sanitation (2017-2020)

Towards a next generation of water systems and services for the circular economy (2018-2022)

Demonstration of planning and technology tools for a circular, integrated and symbiotic use of water (2018-2022)

Demonstration project to prove the techno-economic feasibility of using algae to treat saline wastewater from the food industry (2016-2019)

Scale-up of low-carbon footprint MAterial Recovery Techniques in existing wastewater treatment (2016-2020)

REcovery and REcycling of nutrients TURNing wasteWATER into added-value products for a circular economy in agriculture (2017-2020)

Circular economy approach for the recovery of resources from brine generated by process industries (2017-2021)

Mining water & resources from desalination brines, urban & industrial wastewater streams (2020-2024)

Aiding the widespread implementation of water-smart solutions (2020-2024)

REsilient WAter Innovation for Smart Economy (2020-2025)

indUstry water-utiLiTy symbIosis for a sMarter wATer society (2020-2024)

BAT for decentralized wastewater treatment and resource recovery for India (2019-2023)

Zero Waste Water

Projects working mainly on organic waste:

Multiple high-value products from crop and food-processing waste (2016-2020)

A DECentralIzed management Scheme for Innovative Valorization of urban biowastE (2016-2020)

Conversion of diluted mixed urban bio-wastes into sustainable materials and products in flexible purple photobiorefineries (2019-2023)

RESources from URban BIo-waSte (2017-2020)

Scalable technologies for Bio-Urban waste recovery (2018-2022)

Systemic large scale eco-innovation to advance circular economy and mineral recovery from organic waste in Europe (2017-2021)

Unlocking new value from urban biowaste (2018-2022)

Sino-European innovative green and smart cities (2018-2021)

Transforming urban waste into valuable products (2019-2023)

Projects working mainly on the application of recovered fertiliser products:

Bio-based FERtilising products for agricultural management SusTainability (2019-2024)

Optimizing Bio-based Fertilisers in Agriculture – Knowledgebase for New Policies (2019-2023)

Novel sustainable P and Fe fertiliser products (2018-2023)

Transition to improved upcycling of nutrients and organic carbon (2018-2022)

Nutrient Recycling – from pilot production to farms and fields (2017-2020)

Circular fertilisers for healthy soils

Clusters, platforms and networks:

Biorefine Cluster Europe

European Sustainable Phosphorous Platform

Hub for EU-funded research and innovation projects on ICT applied to water management

German Phosphorous Platform

Dutch Nutrient Platform

Flemish Nutrient Platform

Circular City - COST Action 17133 (2018-2022)

MANagement and Nutrient Recovery Thematic Network (2018-2021)

Training researchers to produce bio-based fertilisers

Public-private partnership for a sustainable bio-based industry sector in Europe.

Network for safe and economic wastewater reuse in agriculture in Europe (2019-2021)

LIFEproETV

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