Advanced filtration technologies for the recovery and later conversion of relevant fractions from wastewater, AFTERLIFE. H2020

AFTERLIFE proposes a flexible, cost- and resource-efficient process framed in the zero-waste and circular economy approach for the recovery and valorisation of the relevant fractions from wastewater. The first step of such process is an initial step consisting of a cascade of membrane filtration units for the separation of the totally of solids in wastewater. Then, the concentrates recovered in each unit will be treated to obtain high-pure extracts and metabolites or, alternatively, to be converted into value-added biopolymers  olyhydroxyalkanoates). Moreover, the outflow of the process is an ultra-pure water stream that can be directly reused.