ESPP research & development (R&D) activities
ESPP input to to Horizon Europe Survey: Work programme 2025 feedback opportunity
ESPP input to Horzon Europe Survey on Work programme 2025 feedback opportunity (06_05_2024)
Cluster 6 - Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment
Input to survey on:
- Destination 2 (Fair, healthy and environment-friendly food systems from primary production to consumption),
- Destination 3 (Circular economy and bioeconomy sectors) and
- Destination 4 (Clean environment and zero pollution)
ESPP catalogue of nutrient recycling and stewardship projects and platforms
Here you can download the ESPP catalogue of nutrient recycling and management projects and platforms. It includes R&D projects on nutrient recycling and management (not only phosphorus), for promotion on our website (www.phosphorusplatform.eu) and in our network of companies, public bodies and other stakeholders. Please provide your input and corrections by email to
Consult the list of projects: here
4th Phosphorus in Europe Research Meeting (PERM)
2 June 2021, 09h00 -15h30 (Paris time, CET), online
Webpage here
3rd European Nutrient Event at ECOMONDO (PERM)
The 3rd European Nutrient Event (ENE3), 8 - 9 November 2018, Rimini, was jointly organised by the European Sustainable Phosphorus Platform (ESPP) and EU Horizon2020 funded SMART-Plant project.
Outcomes 2nd European coordination meeting of nutrient R&D projects (Basel, Switzerland) (PERM)
About 25 nutrient recovery research and demonstration projects met in Basel, Switzerland, 19th October, to discuss project coordination and future research needs. This European Nutrient Event was jointly organised by ESPP, the Phos4You project and Basel Region.
Circular approaches to phosphorus: from research to deployment (PERM)
Held in Berlin on 4 March 2015.
The workshop was jointly organised by the European Commission (DG Research & Innovation), the European Sustainable Phosphorus Platform (ESPP) and the P-REX project.
Data on Nutrients to Support Stewardship (DONUTSS)
DONUTSS (Data on Nutrients to Support Stewardship) aims to identify what data is needed by decision makers (agriculture, industry, investors waste sector and policy makers) on nutrient stocks and flows, and define how to make this data available.
More information about DONUTSS: www.phosphorusplatform.eu/DONUTSS
Iron & phosphorus
SCOPE Newsletter n°138 special issue “Iron – phosphorus interactions and P stewardship”
ESPP workshop “Iron – phosphorus interactions and opportunities for phosphorus stewardship”, July 2020
SCOPE 128 newsletter science special on phosphorus
One of the European Sustainable Phosphorus Platform (ESPP)’s objectives is to be a hub for networking, for exchange of information and for interaction between research and industry. This SCOPE special edition aims to identify and summarise some of the most significant, recent, scientific publications into phosphorus stewardship. The following list of papers are summarised.
Download SCOPE Newsletter 128 here: www.phosphorusplatform.eu/SCOPE128
ESPP input to the preparation of EU R&D funding programme Horizon Europe
ESPP synthesis of stakeholder input for a mission on nutrients (20/7/2018)
Here you can download ESPP’s detailed input.
ESPP input to public consultation on Horizon Europe, September 2019
ESPP Joint position on the need for research into organic contaminants
ESPP Joint position on the need for research into organic contaminants - signed by ESPP, Eureau (Europe’s drinking water and waste water service operators), EBA (European Biogas Association), ECN (European Compost Network), EEB (European Environment Bureau) and Growing Media Europe (6 October 2017)