The Working Groups of the ESNI Community
As core part of this initiative, the ESNI community set up 4 Working Groups, led by European projects, discussing major challenges with an impact on the nutrient recycling and recovery. At present, the following working groups are active:
Upcoming activities
12.11.2024 – WG Technologies for nutrient recycling – Introduction of newly funded projects joining this WG
19.11.2024 – WG Agronomic performance of BBFs – Introduction of newly funded projects joining this WG
26.11.2024 – WG Sustainability Assessment – Impacts and trade-offs of BBFs application in biodiversity
10.12.2024 – WG Path to market – Webinar on the terminology for circular fertilisers (bio-based, organic, reuse/recover/recycle,…)
Technologies for nutrient recovery
Working Group led by GRASSHOOD
Chairs: Laia Llenas Argelaguet, BETA-UVIC, and Nagore Guerra Gorostegi, BETA-UVIC
This working group focuses on revising and discussing innovative technological approaches for recovering nutrients from different side streams. It aims to boost collaboration among different projects by sharing their scientific findings, bottlenecks and limitations identified, solutions and cases of success.
Upcoming activities
12.11.2024 Introduction of newly funded projects joining this WG
Webinar series on monitoring and mitigation of ammonia emissions related to sustainable manure management practices:
- Towards harmonised emission monitoring methods (the week of 25th of November – TBC)
- Opening the scope of Best Available Techniques (BATs) at farm level: clarifying the status and successful case studies (the week of the 9th of December – TBC)
Discover the outcomes below!
Sustainability assessment (environmental, economic and social)
Working Group led by Novafert
Chair: Jorge Senan Salinas, BETA-UVIC
Projects in this working group cooperate towards finding common approaches for assessing sustainability aspects of the technologies and recovered nutrients. In this regard, efforts are made to discuss common goals, scopes and methodological choices for developing coherent life cycle inventories.
UPCOMING ACTIVITIES
26.11.2024 Impacts and trade-offs of BBFs application in biodiversity
Webinar on Nutrient impact in the application: emissions modelling of and yields in LCA (2025 – TBC)
Experiences of LCA in bio-based and mineral fertiliser industry (2025 – TBC)
OUTCOMES
- 16/01/2024 – Webinar on ‘Biogenic carbon accounting modelling‘ with presentations given by several experts
Agronomic performance of fertilising products
Working Group led by Nutribudget
Chair: Kari Ylivainio, LUKE
This working group aims to gather all the knowledge related to assessing the agronomic performance of fertilising products, including laboratory and field testing. Discussion on methodologies used, analysis done, quality assessment etc., are relevant aspects of its activities.
Upcoming activities
19.11.2024 Introduction of newly funded projects joining this WG
Webinar on tailor made fertilisers (TMFs) at European scale (February 2025 – TBC)
OUTCOMES:
- 29/05/2024 Webinar on Quality assessment of bio-based fertilisers with presentation given by Boris Jansen.
Policy
Working Group led by ReNu2Cycle
Chairs: Erik Meers, UGent and Laura Van Scholl, NMI
This group aims to thoroughly analyse the regulatory framework affecting the practical use, application and commercialisation of potentially recovered products. Identifying regulatory bottlenecks and potential solutions is expected to work on preparing joint position papers of the projects participating in reaching policymakers and regulatory stakeholders.
UPCOMING ACTIVITIES
10.12.2024 Webinar on the terminology for circular fertilisers (bio-based, organic, reuse/recover/recycle,…)
Implications of the revised EU- UWWTD (urban wastewater treatment directive) – TBC
Webinar on first outcomes of the study on new CMC materials and processes under the FPR (fertilising product regulation) – TBC
OUTCOMES
- 02/07/2024 – Joint Feedback of EU research projects on the Draft amendment of Annex II of the Nitrates Directive
- 08/03/2024 – Joint Feedback of 7 EU funded research projects within the European Sustainable Nutrients Initiative (ESNI) on the Nitrates Directive Evaluation, based on the R&D and policy advise mandate of the subscribing projects.
- 30/10/2023 – Feedback on draft text for COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/… of XXX amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards adding processed manure as a component material in EU fertilising products