A profound change in society is needed if we are to respond, among others, to the climate emergency and the limits on global water resources. This change, which we can undergo or anticipate, will require us to take risks and develop innovative solutions.
Wastewater management and recovery is at the heart of this project. Our partner Aneco is developing a low-tech process for producing urine-based fertiliser that not only reduces the use of drinking water, but also enables the nutrients contained in urine to be recycled for agricultural use. The product, called Pitribon, which has already undergone its first phase of in-house production tests with good results, is of interest to both institutional and commercial partners. The development of this urino fertiliser now requires the implementation of a more advanced research phase.
Aneco and HEPIA are conducting a project over 3 years with the aim of establishing, in view of the homologation of Pitribon as a recycling fertiliser, the following objectives:
Project partner(s)
Project leader - team
Alexandre Monod
(HEPIA)
