The principles of the circular economy and the European Green Deal make it imperative to ensure soil quality and sustainable management of soil resources. In this context, the development and promotion of technologies to reduce and reuse waste, as well as sustainable techniques to improve soil behavior in infrastructure and civil engineering works, are crucial.
This research aims to implement and promote the use of biosolids (BS) from municipal wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) in agriculture as a soil amendment and crop protection agent, and an innovative soil amendment technique, bio-enhancement, to replace conventional amendment techniques that have a large carbon footprint and environmental risks.
The principles of the circular economy and the European Green Deal make it imperative to ensure soil quality and sustainable management of soil resources. In this context, the development and promotion of technologies for waste reduction and reuse, as well as sustainable techniques for improving soil behavior in infrastructure and civil engineering works, are crucial. The present research aims to implement and promote:
- the use of biosolids (BSS) from Urban Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTPs) in agriculture as soil improvers and plant protection products and
- an innovative soil amendment technique, bio-enhancement, to replace conventional amendment techniques that have a high carbon footprint and environmental risks
The exploitation and sustainability of the research results will be achieved through the integration of citizen science actions, which will increase the participation of the production groups involved, including farmers, agronomists, engineers and technical companies.
