1、1WASTEWATER TREATMENT AND REUSE|WASTE TO BIOGASJustyna Dziewota-JaboskaEuIndTech conference 2025Krakw,03.06.2025From Waste to Resource:Recycling Wastewater and Waste as a Foundation for Circularity2From waste and wastewater to circularity?Waste is a waste only,if we discard it”?Redefining waste as v
2、aluable source:global opportunity of 1,5 bln EUR till 2030?Linear model should be fully discarded?We should stop seeing wasteand wastewater as the end-of-the pipeproblem 3WASTEWATER TREATMENT AND REUSE|WASTE TO BIOGASScale of the problem Challenge:waste4 4?Globally,we generate an astounding 2.01 bil
3、lion tons annually.This figure is projected to surge by 70%to 3.40 billion tons by 2050?This is the weight of 300 million elephants?80%ends up in landfields,only 20%is recycled?Economic cost of disposal and loses is staggering Waste generation The scale of the problem 5WASTEWATER TREATMENT AND REUSE
4、|WASTE TO BIOGASScale of the problemChallenge:wastewater 6 6?Global wastewater production stands at an estimated 359.4 billion cubic meters per year?Not only 48%of this wastewater leaves environment untreated but also precious nutrients are being lost?Only 40,7 bln m3 are reused and recycled?Membran
5、e Bioreactors and Reverse Osmosis are key technologies to achieve circularity when talking about water reuseEither potable water or water for technological useSuperpure water for electroplatingWater for endproduct The challenge and the sourceWastewater as a foundation for circular economy 7WASTEWATE
6、R TREATMENT AND REUSE|WASTE TO BIOGASRECOVER AND REUSE Bionutrients 8 8?Essential components of wastewater are bionutrients:N,P,K.Reuse is crucial from political,geopolitical and economical point of view?Superfluous discharge of bionutrients to environment causes eutrophisation?By using processes th