REGENERATIon of past metallurgical Sites and deposits through innovative circularity for raw materials
Metal working industry represents 13 % of Potential Contaminated Sites (PCS) in the EU. While recent metallic waste streams are usually treated, older waste (aggregated material with high ferrous metal content, scrap, other metals, white and black slags and other streams) are considered as a source of pollution, expensive to manage/eliminate.
NWE-REGENERATIS aims to transform this problem into an opportunity, as large volumes of resources can be recovered by urban-mining.
To do this, the NWE-REGENERATIS project aims to test and implement on 3 sites new methodologies and innovative technical approach for new economic models for resource recovery from former metallurgical sites and deposits.
This includes a site inventory structure adapted to the objective of material recovery and the use of Artificial Intelligence algorithms as decision support, potential studies by geophysical techniques, innovative material recovery techniques uses and synthesis of catalysts from plants planted on contaminated sites.
NWE-REGENERATIS Project is funded through the INTERREG NWE programme and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).
· Total budget ERDF: € 4.26 million
· Total budget: € 7.10 million
Start of the project: 2019
End of the project: 2023
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