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P-recovery versus current sewage sludge treatment policy in the Czech Republic and Japan
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SYSNO ASEP 0578775 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve WOS Title P-recovery versus current sewage sludge treatment policy in the Czech Republic and Japan Author(s) Hušek, Matěj (UCHP-M) ORCID, RID, SAI
Homma, R. (JP)
Moško, Jaroslav (UCHP-M) RID, ORCID, SAI
Pohořelý, Michael (UCHP-M) RID, ORCID, SAI
Oshita, K. (JP)Source Title Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy - ISSN 1618-954X
(2023)Number of pages 17 s. Language eng - English Country US - United States Keywords sewage sludge ; P-recovery ; phosphorus ; sludge treatment OECD category Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7) R&D Projects TN02000025 GA TA ČR - Technology Agency of the Czech Republic (TA ČR) Method of publishing Open access Institutional support UCHP-M - RVO:67985858 UT WOS 001117648400003 EID SCOPUS 85178884268 DOI 10.1007/s10098-023-02679-w Annotation Phosphorus is an important element for agriculture and industry, but its deposits are not uniformly distributed. Countries that do not have primary sources are dependent on imports or regeneration from secondary materials. A widely available secondary source is sewage sludge. Used environmental standards govern sludge treatment, but its inclusion in the raw material policy is often missing. We focus on the Czech Republic (a European Union member) and Japan, countries without phosphorus deposits. Based on our analysis of sewage sludge flows, legislation, and technologies used, we aimed to evaluate approaches toward sustainable phosphorus policy. We figured out that in the Czech Republic, sludge application to soil continues due to legislation deregulation and thus, various pollutants enter the soil along with the sludge. In Japan, thermal treatment predominates, but ash is not processed, and phosphorus is irreversibly lost in landfills or construction. By not implementing a functional Precovery policy, both countries lose more than 13 % replacement of phosphorus fertilizers from their sources. Workplace Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals Contact Eva Jirsová, jirsova@icpf.cas.cz, Tel.: 220 390 227 Year of Publishing 2025 Electronic address https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10098-023-02679-w
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