Project Events

 26 May 2021 – 10:00-11:00 CET
Press Briefing + Public Livestream

As part of EU Green Week, we are hosting a press briefing focusing on how we can reduce the environmental impacts of industrial wastewater, helping Europe move closer towards zero pollution.

ZERO BRINE is active in four industrial sectors: textiles (Turkey); coal (Poland); desalination; (The Netherlands); and silica production (Spain). These pilot projects are developing innovative solutions to the impacts of harmful industrial wastewater, while also creating new economic opportunities. This is helping bring about a more circular economy for Europe, while also reducing the environmental impact of process industries and helping us get closer to zero pollution.

We will also take attendees on a digital journey of our pilot plant in Turkey, where we are using a combination of new and existing technology to reduce the impact of wastewater in the textile industry.

 3 December 2020
 13:00 – 16:00
Online Event – Zoom Live Event

Towards Industrial Symbiosis

Europe is trying to move towards a circular economy, and circular business models where high-quality resources are recovered and reused from process water, offer a solution. As an emerging market, reclaimed minerals are interesting for industries that want to reduce their costs and work more sustainably.

For this purpose, an online training session has been organised by Institute for Sustainable Process Technology on 3 December 2020 (13:00-16:00 CET). This training will be held for company personnel looking to build symbiotic brine relationships and circular business opportunities.

The main tool used in both training sessions is the Online Brine Platform (OBP). The OBP is an active web service which aims to promote the flow of secondary raw materials by linking brine/salt owners with the mineral/water users and technology and waste heat providers. Thus, industries can be mapped and possible matches among the industries and across the value chain can be identified.

1 December 2020
09:00 – 12:00
Online Event – Zoom Live Event

Towards Circularity and Industrial Symbiosis

For industrial cluster managing authorities, understanding water-related risks and how new business opportunities can improve organisational and international competitiveness in Europe and beyond.

For this purpose, an online training session has been organised by Institute for Sustainable Process Technology on 1 December 2020 (9:00-12:00 CET). This training will be held for industrial cluster managing authorities, with an emphasis on six Dutch industry clusters.

The main tool used in both training sessions is the Online Brine Platform (OBP). The OBP is an active web service which aims to promote the flow of secondary raw materials by linking brine/salt owners with the mineral/water users and technology and waste heat providers. Thus, industries can be mapped and possible matches among the industries and across the value chain can be identified.

The 5th EIP Water Conference aims to foster innovation in the water sector and overcome the main existing barriers.

Process industries are a major source of brine – complex saline-impaired effluents that are a serious threat to the environment and costly for companies to manage. Yet brine consists of many resources such as minerals, salts, and metals and water. During this workshop, the EU innovation project ZERO BRINE, coordinated by TU Delft, demonstrates the circular economy solution for the brine generated by industries recovering high quality water, salts, minerals, metals, and heat for reuse in industrial applications. Learn about the latest results of the ZERO BRINE pilot plants in the water, textile, coal and chemical industry across Europe and how this innovative technology is applicable and scalable to a broad range of industries. Discover the economic opportunities by closing the loop and lessening the environmental impacts of production.

Join us for the ZERO BRINE Workshop!

This workshop is held in the context of the EIP Water Conference 2019, in Zaragoza, Spain and addresses water re-use and brine stream valorization and aims at matching brine producers with users of regenerated minerals. The workshop also presents an online platform that facilitates these match-ups.

11 December 2019
09:00 – 11:00
Where: Palacio de Congresos de Zaragoza, Plaza Lucas Miret Rodriguez, 1, 50018 Zaragoza, Room 1.2