INCLUE : From waste to resource: Training young researchers on developing innovative, circular solutions for waste sludge

废物资源化是实现全循环和可持续发展社会的前进方向。欧洲最主要的废物流之一是废水处理污泥，年产量超过1300万吨。污泥通常含有各种各样的有害物质和潜在的危险污染物，如PFAS，内分泌干扰物，病原体和重金属，这需要使用有效和可持续的处理策略。由于这些有害物质，污泥的有益利用目前受到限制，没有适当的整体解决方案。CNOUE通过开发新的污泥处理路线来应对这一机遇，产生所需的见解以优化当前路线，评估污泥应用的影响，最重要的是，在迅速扩大的处理废物领域培训高技能专家，作为可再生化学品，材料和燃料的资源。CNOUE的主要研发重点实际上在于开发创新的技术进步，将消除污泥中日益存在的污染物与最大限度的资源回收结合起来。十个创意和商业头脑的DC将通过国际，跨部门和跨学科的研究培训计划进行培训，由6个学术和11个工业组织组成的广泛联盟推动。高度相关的领域，结合先进的培训计划，包括通过研究的横向技能和培训，将确保训练有素的专业人员将进入就业市场，进一步加强欧盟在这一领域的竞争力。

Using waste as a resource is the way forward to realize a full circular and sustainable society. One of the most predominant waste streams in Europe concerns wastewater treatment sludge, with a total annual production surpassing 13 million tons. Sludge typically contains a diverse range of recalcitrant and potential hazardous contaminants such as PFAS, endocrine disruptors, pathogens and heavy metals, which necessitates the use of efficient & sustainable treatment strategies. Because of these hazardous substances, the beneficial use of sludge is currently limited with no adequate overall solutions. INCLUE responds to this opportunity by developing novel sludge treatment routes, generating the required insights to allow an optimisation of the current routes, assessing the effects of sludge application, and most importantly, training high-skilled experts in the rapidly expanding field of handling waste as a resource for renewable chemicals, materials and fuels. The main R&D emphasis of INCLUE lies indeed on developing innovative technological advances that combine the elimination of the increasingly present contaminants in sludge with a maximum resource recovery. Ten creative and entrepreneurial-minded DCs will be trained via an international, intersectoral and interdisciplinary research training program, pushed by a broad consortium of 6 academic and 11 industrial organisations. The highly relevant field, combined with an advanced training program that encompasses transversal skills and training through research will ensure that highly trained professionals will enter the job market, further strengthening the competitiveness of the EU in this domain.