chris thornton, espp secretariat...european sustainable phosphorus platform vienna 2/10/2015 - n°1...

Vienna 2/10/2015 - n°1 European Sustainable Phosphorus Platform

Chris Thornton, ESPP Secretariat

[email protected]

www.phosphorusplatform.eu @phosphorusfacts

http://www.phosphorusplatform.eu


mailto:[email protected]

http://www.phosphorusplatform.eu/

https://twitter.com/phosphorusfacts




1. The sustainable phosphorus

challenge




Phosphorus:

essential,

non substitutable,

non renewable




Phosphorus: feeding the world

www.aguiaresources.com.au



http://www.aguiaresources.com.au/


Without rock phosphate rock: sustainable EU population = 150 million ? Dawson et al., Food Policy 2011:

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/03069192

Sustainable livestock production: 250g meat / person / week ? Greenpeace 2013:

http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/publications/Campaign-reports/Agriculture/Ecological-Livestock/













Demand pressures




Supply questions - resource concentration

- price variability

Prices from Fertilizer International 459, March-April 2014

https://www.bcinsight.com/fertilizer_international.asp



https://www.bcinsight.com/fertilizer_international.asp


Phosphorus:

a critical

resource http://europa.eu/rapid/press-

release_MEMO-14-377_en.htm



http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-14-377_en.htm











Phosphorus:

a critical resource www.oecd.org/dataoecd/12/35/46084613.pdf

http://www.ctci.org.tw/public/Attachment/1112911352971.pdf



http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/12/35/46084613.pdf

http://www.ctci.org.tw/public/Attachment/1112911352971.pdf


Efficiency

and environment impacts losses eutrophication

first cause of EU Water Framework

Directive quality failure

(other than morphology)

Efficiency graph: Sustainable use of phosphorus, Schröder et al, 2010,

EU Tender ENV.B.1/ETU/2009/0025

http://www.susana.org/docs_ccbk/susana_download/2-1587-

sustainableuseofphosphorusfinalsustpenvb120090025.pdf



http://ec.europa.eu/environment/natres/pdf/sustainable_use_phosphorus.pdf

http://www.susana.org/docs_ccbk/susana_download/2-1587-sustainableuseofphosphorusfinalsustpenvb120090025.pdf







http://www.stockholmresilience.org

Planetary boundaries 2.0

(Jan 2015)



http://www.stockholmresilience.org/

http://www.stockholmresilience.org/


2. Sustainable phosphorus

opportunities




Perspectives better use: applications, diet, health

efficiency: from field to fork

recycling (reuse, recovery) Photo right: www.kidney-support.org



http://www.kidney-support.org/




Success story:

WWF’s Baltic Sea

Farmer of the Year

Award www.panda.org/baltic_farmer



http://www.panda.org/baltic_farmer


Success story:

NuReSys • SME, Belgium

• 8 installations recovering P as struvite

• Potato processing, dairy, pharmaceuticals,

municipal waste water




Success story:

Thames Water – Ostara Pearl® • Slough municipal wastewater treatment plant, UK

• 150 tonnes Crystal Green® fertiliser / year

• High quality slow release fertiliser



http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/earthrise/2014/12/recycling-phosphorus-2014121693225616272.html

http://www.ostara.com


Success story:

DSM phytase in pig feed • DSM phytase is produced from bio-sourced materials

• Renders feed P available (phytate)

• Reduces feed phosphate use

• Reduces manure P by up to 30%

• 60-80% market uptake in livestock farms in Europe




Success story:

COOPERL / Brittany farmers’

cooperatives • 400 000 t/y manure processed to organic fertiliser product

- 150 000 t composted poultry litter

- 150 000 t dried poultry manure

- 100 000 t pig manure (1 100 farms)

• Adapted for specific crops

• Export to other regions of France

• Positive farmer acceptance




Success story:

Käppala municipal sewage works,

Sweden • REVAQ sewage sludge certification

• 260 tP/year recycled to agriculture

• Reductions in industry & household contaminants

• Sludge mixing with manure for contaminant degradation




3. European

Sustainable Phosphorus Platform

(ESPP)




ESPP launched 2013, to address all aspects

of phosphorus sustainability • P resources, mining, processing

• P recycling (re-use, recovery)

• P use efficiency in crop & animal production

• Environmental impacts of P-losses

• Sustainable and safe food chain, from farm to

diet

• Bio-nutrients in the circular economy




A coalition for action • Bring together industry, R&D, public authorities,

stakeholders

• Shared vision for sustainable phosphorus in Europe

• Dialogue & networking of expertise and experience (= priority identified by ESPP members)

• Awareness building

• Access policy & regulatory developments

• Dissemination of innovation, business cases, value

chains




ESPP after two years

• wide range of industry members: fertilisers, chemicals,

technology suppliers, water industry, waste sector

• work with R&D projects (ESPP = dissemination partner)

• informal links farmers&environmental organisations




Other nutrient platforms ESPP (European Sustainable Phosphorus Platform) 2013 www.phosphorusplatform.eu

Netherlands 2010 http://www.nutrientplatform.org/

Flanders 2012 http://www.vlakwa.be/en/initiatives/nutrientplatform/

Germany 2015 www.deutsche-phosphor-plattform.de

Baltic: work with Baltic Sea Action Group www.bsag.fi

Projects underway: UK, France, Norway, Czech Republic, Spain /

Portugal …

North America NAPPS https://sustainablep.asu.edu/ - PCPR Japan

Global Partnership for Nutrient Management (UNEP

secretariat) http://unep.org/gpa/gpnm/gpnm.asp




http://www.nutrientplatform.org/

http://www.vlakwa.be/en/initiatives/nutrientplatform/

http://www.vlakwa.be/en/initiatives/nutrientplatform/

http://www.deutsche-phosphor-plattform.de/





http://www.bsag.fi/

https://sustainablep.asu.edu/

https://sustainablep.asu.edu/

http://unep.org/gpa/gpnm/gpnm.asp

http://unep.org/gpa/gpnm/gpnm.asp


http://www.nutrientplatform.org/

http://www.vlakwa.be/nutrientenplatform/



ESPP in action in Europe: European policies ESPP recognised for input by policy makers

• Environment & water

• Agriculture

• Critical Raw Materials

• EU Investment Fund

• Horizon 2020 R&D

• Circular Economy




ESPP in action in Europe: Regulatory ESPP officially or informally recognised as expert /

contributor • EU Fertiliser Regulation recast: taking recovered nutrient products into

account and EU criteria development (JRC) for struvite, biomass ashes

• Nitrates Directive: “processed manure”

• Organic Farming Regulation: proposed validation of recycled P products

• REACH (EU chemicals regulation): Art 2(7)d “recovered” substances, by-products

• BAT BREFs (Industrial Emissions Directive):

- waste incineration, - pig & poultry production

• BEMPs: EMAS (EU Eco-Management and Audit Scheme Regulation)

“agriculture”

• EIP-AGRI Focus Group proposal: agronomic use of recovered nutrient

products

• Standards: CEN SABE, ISO 275 …




ESPP in action in Europe: Innovation Recognised role in innovation dissemination • EU Commission DG Research: joint workshop on P-recovery from R&D to

market, conclusions published by EU http://bookshop.europa.eu/en/circular-approaches-tophosphorus-

pbKI0115204/

• Inventory of R&D projects: online ESPP website

• Linking R&D / resource recovery networks: IWA, WssTP, ARREAU,

BioRefine

• Dissemination: SCOPE Newsletter, ESPP website …ARREAU, BioRefine

• Implementation: ESPP industry members …



http://bookshop.europa.eu/en/circular-approaches-tophosphorus-pbKI0115204/









ESPP in action in Europe: Data on Nutrients to Support Stewardship http://phosphorusplatform.eu/donutss

• Need for data = conclusion of EU Commission

Consultative Communication and of DG RTD Berlin joint

workshop

• Needed to input to Critical Raw Materials assessment

• Data to identify key points for P-management, recycling

• Support decisions: policies, targets, monitoring,

industry indicators, markets and investments

• Workshop Ghent 3-4 September 2015 (slides, report … see

website)

• Project under ongoing development



http://phosphorusplatform.eu/donutss







Chris Thornton, ESPP Secretariat

[email protected]

www.phosphorusplatform.eu @phosphorusfacts



mailto:[email protected]





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