WP8 - Biotechnology for environmental protection

1. WP8 - Biotechnology for environmental protection 3rd Partner meeting REBEL e-learining

2. Motivation fortheproject REBEL = REsponsibleBusiness E-Learning • Mankind is getting close to global limits • Quality of life is decreasing in many countries / for many people on our planet • Many systems are going to be changed or will be changed in the near future • Many loops will have to be closed • Many decisions will have to be made • We will need well prepared (educated) people understanding the economical, technical and ethical backgrounds! WP 8 – Biotechnology for environmental protection

3. The world needs REBEL education ! WP 8 – Biotechnology for environmental protection

4. Motivation for the project /2 Responsible Business = Sustainable Business • Environmentally sustainable • preserve quality of the biosphere • Water • Air • climate / …..) • preserve natural stocks • Essential: ‚for ever‘ e.g. fish in the oceans • not substitutable: for generations (50…500 years) e.g. copper, phosphorus, rare earth metals WP 8 – Biotechnology for environmental protection

5. Motivation for the project /3 Sustainable Business = Responsible Business • Economically sustainable • Preservation of capital • Experience / know how • Inverted materials • Inverted natural resources (Land, Energy) • Stabilize return on long term basis WP 8 – Biotechnology for environmental protection

6. Aimoftheproject Challenges in preparing people to contribute and succeed in world in transition to a sustainable system. • Technical / legal / economic education as a basis • Overview about • Which methods and processes are applied already? • What is possible / shall be developed soon? • How can good decisions be made? WP 8 – Biotechnology for environmental protection

7. Essential Information / Econ. What do we have to know / understand to contribute to a sustainable system? • Ethics – a sustainable system needs to meet minimum conditions of social justice  WP2 • Methods - for management and accounting to draw ‘sustainable’ conclusions  WP 3 • Tools – to make new systems work  WP 4 • Examples – Knowledge about existing systems / best practice models  WP 5 WP 8 – Biotechnology for environmental protection

8. Essential Information / technical What do we have to know / understand to contribute to a sustainable system? • Benchmarks – LCA and other systems to make long term impact of products and processes comparable  WP 6 • Autonomous Energy Supply - closed loops driven by the sun  WP 7 • Biotechnology - Processes that allow closing loops to a high extent WP 8 WP 8 – Biotechnology for environmental protection

9. Motivation for WP8 How can biotechnology contribute to environmental protection? • Repairing damages • Bioremediation • Treatment of rivers / lakes / oceans • Avoiding emissions • WWT plants (before river) • Gas cleaning (bio filter / bio scrubber) • Production without emissions / waste • Biogas from biomass • Bio refinery - basic chemicals from renewable sources WP 8 – Biotechnology for environmental protection

10. Benefit from Biotech Problems to be solved with essential contribution of Biotechnology • Substitution of oil for production of plastics • Substitution of oil / coal / gas for energy supply • Reduction of CO2 emissions • …. WP 8 – Biotechnology for environmental protection

11. Content of WP8 What can be found within WP8? • Aerobic waste treatment • Anaerobic waste treatment • Biotechnological gas cleaning • Bioremediation • Waste water treatment • Combustion of biomass WP 8 – Biotechnology for environmental protection

12. Waste water treatment WP 8 – Biotechnology for environmental protection

13. Composting of waste WP 8 – Biotechnology for environmental protection

14. Biogas from waste WP 8 – Biotechnology for environmental protection

15. Bio Filter Open or closed bio filters. WP 8 – Biotechnology for environmental protection

16. Bio Scrubber Removalof H2S andmercaptanesfromair Removalof H2S frombiogas WP 8 – Biotechnology for environmental protection

17. Changing systems WP 8 – Biotechnology for environmental protection

18. Changing systems /2 WP 8 – Biotechnology for environmental protection

19. Changing systems – wwt sludge What is needed for the new system? • Install Bio-P system in all wwt-plants - the system already exists! • Install sludge incinerators (mono incinerators) • Reduce other pollutants (heavy metals, hormones) in waste water • Avoid sludge to be treated in MSW incinerators (=lost by dilution) WP 8 – Biotechnology for environmental protection

20. Changingsystems – wwtsludge How can we cause a change for better system? • Permits for waste incinerators based on treated mass • Execute existing ban of mixing for incinerators • Exclude (low polluted) sludge explicitly from incineration • Ban or reduce heavy metals and hormone-like substances as far as possible from water / sludge (= RoHS or equal) WP 8 – Biotechnology for environmental protection

21. Guiding Tools Howcantechnicaldevelopementsbeguidedtobemoreefficient? • Standards  planningsafety • Bio gas quality / compositionofbiofuels • Balancingrules • Compostquality • Securing Quality  confidence • Processefficiency • Product quality • Information exchange  increasespeed WP 8 – Biotechnology for environmental protection

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