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New demonstrative pilot plant for the purification waste water with oils, fats and hydrocarbons (LIFE-PURIWAT)

Start date: Sep 1, 2013, End date: Feb 28, 2017,

...ll make useful contributions to EC directives such as 2000/60/CE and 271/91/CEE. Objectives The main objective of the LIFE-PURIWAT project is to design and development a pilot plant, with a treatment capacity of 5000 dm3 per hour, which will be able to remove between 97% and 99% of hydrocarbons, oil and fats from was ...
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Valorization of the digestate from pig manure as new fertilizers with an organic / mineral base and gradual release (LIFE MIX_FERTILIZER)

Start date: Sep 1, 2013, End date: Aug 31, 2016,

...in the amount of manure production in the EU to 1 500 million tonnes/year. Objectives The objective of the ‘LIFE MIX_FERTILIZER’ project is to demonstrate an innovative system for the agronomic valorisation of waste from the anaerobic digestion (decomposition without oxygen consumption) of pig manure (digestate ...
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European Sustainable Clothing Action Plan (LIFE ECAP)

Start date: Sep 7, 2015, End date: Mar 6, 2019,

...usehold. Extrapolated across the EU, this is around 317 million tonnes of CO2 eq. Objectives The overall objective of the LIFE ECAP project is to adopt a circular approach to divert over 90 000 tonnes/year of clothing waste from landfill and incineration across Europe by March 2018, and to deliver a more resource efficie ...
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Smart Water Supply System (LIFE SWSS)

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2018,

...s particularly relevant in the WSS sector, where energy is mostly generated from non-renewable sources. Objectives The LIFE SWSS project aims to demonstrate and disseminate an innovative management and decision-support platform for water supply systems (called a Smart Water Supply System: SWSS). The SWSS platform will be ...
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GOVERNANCE OF WASTE EEE (WEEE) AND WASTE PBA (WPBA) FLOW AND CUNSUMER FRINDLY COLLECTION AND AWARENESS RAISING (LIFE E-WASTE GOVERNANCE)

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Dec 30, 2020,

... Electrical and electronic equipment (EEE), and waste arising from these appliances, including waste portable batteries and accumulators (PBA), have environmental impacts throughout their life cycle. This is due to the fact that in recent years, EEE has increased in technological complexity, with new product innovations and ever-shortening product life expectancy. The amount of collect ...
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Life+ Cost-efficient integration of megafire prevention into forest management in the Mediterranean (LIFE+ DEMORGEST)

Start date: Jul 1, 2013, End date: Dec 31, 2017,

Background Forest fires are the greatest natural threat to the forests of southern Europe. Although fire is an intrinsic disturbance to Mediterranean forests, the abandonment of rural areas, along with measures to eradicate certain species, has led to increased forest cover and biomass undergrowth. These developments are responsible for the emergence of s ...
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ENERGA Living Lab for the improvement of the energy end-use efficiency (LIFE-ENERGA Living Lab-PL)

Start date: Jun 1, 2014, End date: Mar 31, 2017,

...ency is one of the key goals of EU climate policy. This can be achieved through various measures at different stages of the energy chain: generation, transformation, distribution and consumption. The LIFE-ENERGA Living Lab-PL project focuses on consumption and will develop and test solutions for consumers/customers (mainly individual households) that encourages them to use electricity more efficie ...
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Fast Direct Atmospheric Dioxin Detection (LIFE DIOXDETECTOR)

Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Feb 29, 2016,

Background Incineration of municipal solid waste releases highly toxic pollutants into the environment. The gases emitted are persistent organic pollutants, including dioxins, which are highly toxic and bioaccumulative in the food chain. These pollutants can travel long distances and have an adverse affect on people and the environment. The term ‘dioxi ...
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Revitalization and landscape development of riverine ecosystem in the Drava-Danube area (WATER AND LIFE FOR VUKA&DRAVA)

Start date: Feb 28, 2010, End date: Feb 27, 2012,

Restoration of natural habitats alongside the rivers Vuka and Drava with the aim of restoring the original hydrological situation and providing proper habitat for protected and rare aquatic species – the interventions into the environment will also induce the forming of a new water ecosystem on Laslovo oxbow that will develop the landscape in rural surroundings and restore its ecology, forming a m ...
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Integrated management of three artificial wetlands in compliance with the Water Framework, Bird and Nitrates Directives (LIFE ALBUFERA)

Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Sep 30, 2016,

...ves and meet the complementary objectives of improving the habitats of important bird populations. Objectives The LIFE ALBUFERA project aims to demonstrate effective management of artificial wetlands in a natural area to achieve a double objective: improving water quality; and improving the habitat of important bird ...
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Integrated information and awareness campaign for the reduction of plastic bags in the marine environment (LIFE DEBAG)

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Mar 31, 2018,

... have a low recycling value. Plastic bags are blown by the wind and washed away by rain and snowmelt into rivers and drainage systems, eventually reaching the marine environment. Threats to marine life from bags, bottles and other plastic waste are due to ingestion and entanglement, causing direct physical damage and possibly toxicological harm. Over 267 animal species are known to suffer from ...
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Medicon Valley - A World Class Life Science Region

Start date: Oct 31, 2011, End date: Oct 30, 2014,

The purpose of the project is to increase Medicon Valleys (the geographical denomination for the Life Science sector in the Oresund region) attractiveness, competitiveness and to reposition it amongst the worlds leading bioregions. Expected ...
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Demonstrating a new innovative production process of a unique and green substitute for plastic materials (DURAPULP for LIFE)

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Dec 31, 2018,

... food trays is expected to amount to 10-12 billion trays in a few years, the equivalent of around 2 million tonnes of plastic. In many cases, the packaging gives the product a significantly longer life span, which means that food wastage is reduced. This suggests that there will always be a need for food packaging. The demand, however, for replacing plastic with fibre-based packaging is growing s ...
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Small scale Combined Heat and Power based on biomass in the region of southeast Sweden (LIFE+ small scale CHP)

Start date: Jul 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2018,

Background Biomass combustion based Combined Heat and Power (CHP) technologies have great potential to reduce CO2 emissions because they use renewable energy sources, such as wood fuels or sawdust. Typical fields of application for biomass CHP plants include: wood processing industries, sawmills, district heating systems and industries with a high process ...
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INdependent LIving support Functions for the Elderly (IN LIFE)

Start date: Feb 1, 2015, End date: Jan 31, 2018,

The number of elderly living with cognitive impairment is growing rapidly due to increasing life expectancy. The percentage of those who live alone depends upon the condition (i.e. roughly 30% of those diagnosed with dementia) but the majority would like to live in their own home or with family, provided that it is safe, comfortable, and cost effective. IN LIFE aims to prolong and support independ ...
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Integrated Planning and Sustainable Management of Sanitation Infrastructures through innovative precision technology (LIFE SANePLAN)

Start date: Sep 1, 2013, End date: Feb 28, 2017,

...protecting aquatic ecosystems and reducing environmental impacts by putting in place an integrated management system for water resources. In this context, the SRA highlights the need to promote a new life cycle approach to water management in order to identify the processes and approaches that have less impact on the environment. Objectives ...
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European Network of Prosecutors for the Environment (LIFE-ENPE)

Start date: Jul 16, 2015, End date: Jul 17, 2020,

...billion) per year. This problem affects the EU as it does other regions. High levels of environmental crime can be partly attributed to inefficient and ineffective prosecution and sanctioning. Wildlife crime is notoriously difficult to prosecute because the law in this area is complex and because criminal circles are small, highly organised, closed and hard to penetrate. Chemical pollution and was ...
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Good ecological status of an agricultural stream - introducing Integrated Buffer Zones in a holistic approach (LIFE-GOODSTREAM)

Start date: Sep 30, 2015, End date: Sep 30, 2021,

...-efficient technologies to mitigate site-specific nutrient losses in agricultural drainage systems. Objectives The LIFE-GOODSTREAM will implement and document a holistic approach to agricultural management on a catchment level that includes new and innovative cleaning methods of drainage water to demonstrate the pote ...
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Crude glycerine water used on-site as a feedstock in an anaerobic digestion reactor to produce the renewable fuel biogas (QUARTERBACK for LIFE)

Start date: Jun 1, 2014, End date: Jun 30, 2017,

...tive uses of low-value crude glycerine are desirable to avoid it becoming a waste product. Objectives The QUARTERBACK for LIFE project’s main objective is to mitigate the environmental consequences of the production of crude glycerine in the oleochemical industry. The aim is to demonstrate, in the first full-scale appl ...
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Solar panels as integrated constructive elements in highway noise barriers (LIFE Solar Highways)

Start date: Jun 1, 2014, End date: Jun 30, 2020,

...so possible. These modules have great potential for integration with noise barriers. Objectives The main objective of the LIFE Solar Highways project is to demonstrate the technical feasibility and the environmental, social and financial benefits of using multifunctional constructive elements for building highway noise b ...
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SUPPORTING HEALTHY LIFESTYLES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AREA (Healthy Food for Life)

Start date: Mar 1, 2009, End date: Feb 28, 2013,

...gh a “Health and Food exchange platform” different activities will be developed toward a common objective, i.e. to enhance research capacities in Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia to promote healthy lifestyles in the Mediterranean area by 1. tacking advantage of specific diet habits, 2. exploiting peculiar diet components that may exert positive health effects, and 3. preserving organolectic and biologic ...
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Proecological pilot installation for fabrication of asphalt emulsions modified by nanostructural waste polymers (LIFE EMU-NEW)

Start date: Aug 1, 2015, End date: Jul 31, 2019,

...ent, the amount will continue to increase in the EU along with production. Objectives The overall objective of the LIFE EMU-NEW project is to develop innovative pilot technology for producing bitumen emulsion modified with polymer recyclate and mineral nanofillers that can be used in the production of asphalt. The te ...
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sustainable WATer management in the lower Cornia valley through demand REduction, aquifer REcharge and river REstoration (LIFE REWAT)

Start date: Sep 15, 2015, End date: Sep 15, 2019,

...e to higher energy costs linked to supply of well water). Objectives The principle objective of the LIFE REWAT project is to put in place, following a participatory approach, a strategy for integrated water resources management at sub-catchment level, proposing a governance model for sustainable development of the lower ...
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MANAGEMENT OF BIOMASS ASH AND ORGANIC WASTE IN THE RECOVERY OF DEGRADED SOILS: A PILOT PROJECT SET IN PORTUGAL (LIFE No_Waste)

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2019,

Background Mining operations are a cause of soil degradation. They are associated with a legacy of abandoned metalliferous mine wastes and acid mine drainage, which contributes to around 2% of soil contamination in Europe. There is therefore an urgent need for sustainable site re-development strategies and remediation technologies that are effective, both ...
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Anti-dust solutions in Bucharest (LIFE ADB)

Start date: Sep 1, 2014, End date: May 30, 2018,

... types of methods for using dust-binding agents during the washing of streets and construction sites. Objectives The LIFE ADB project’s main objective is to demonstrate specific methods for coagulating dust particles in urban areas through dust-binding agents that reduce airborne particulate matter (PM10). A pilot ...
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Delivery of the Water Framework Directive through collaborative action between civil society and the private sector (LIFE WaterLIFE)

Start date: Jul 1, 2014, End date: Jun 30, 2017,

...s the EU; and ineffective implementation of programmes of measures. Objectives The long-term goal of the WaterLIFE project is to contribute to the delivery of the WFD across the EU, by helping to restore rivers to good ecological status. Its aim is to move all surface water bodies within demonstration catchments to GES f ...
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In-situ treatment technology for drinking water production from nitrate-polluted groundwater (LIFE+ InSiTrate)

Start date: Jul 1, 2013, End date: Jun 30, 2017,

...oblematic in parts of rural Europe, where residents still rely on wells for their drinking water. Objectives The LIFE+ InSiTrate project aims to demonstrate the potential of an innovative technology for tackling groundwater pollution from nitrates. The technology will be used to restore groundwater quality and impr ...
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GPPbest - Best practices exchange and strategic tools for GPP (LIFE GPPbest)

Start date: Oct 1, 2015, End date: Jun 30, 2018,

... The most recent European Public Procurement directive emphasises the need for including environmental and social aspects in procurement procedures, while promoting a lifecycle costing approach. However, GPP is still not a common and established practice, underlining the evident gap between policy and its implementation. The lack of effective governance of public p ...
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Comprehensive monitoring of stand dynamics in Białowieża Forest supported with remote sensing techniques (LIFE+ ForBioSensing PL)

Start date: Oct 1, 2014, End date: Jun 30, 2021,

Background Białowieża forest (Puszcza Białowieska) is the last natural forest in Central Europe. Around half of its area is currently protected and excluded from direct human influence. No forest management is carried out in stands of trees older than 100 years. Therefore, the Białowieża forest is a unique nature site, because it is subject to only m ...
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Demonstration of an integral and sustainable system for multi-waste recycling and valorisation (LIFE REVA-WASTE)

Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Sep 30, 2016,

...rgy and economic advantages of the integration of these processes has yet to be performed. Objectives The aim of the LIFE REVA-WASTE project is to demonstrate the sustainable management of a broad spectrum of waste (industrial waste, waste treatment plant waste and agrofood waste) in an integrated plant. This objective ...
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REPURPOSE - equipping community groups in estates to reuse more, clear fly tipping and improve their local environment. (REPURPOSE LIFE)

Start date: Jul 21, 2014, End date: Mar 31, 2017,

...he UK, which contributes to the low levels of environmental quality in many of these areas. Objectives The RE-PURPOSE LIFE project was developed in response to the flagship initiative “A resource-efficient Europe” under the EU 2020 strategy, and translates its commitments into a transferable approach for establis ...
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Smarter Regulation of Waste in Europe (LIFE SMART Waste)

Start date: Jun 2, 2014, End date: May 31, 2019,

...aviour. This poses major challenges, but also opportunities for innovation. Objectives The overarching goal of the LIFE SMART Waste project goal is to demonstrate innovative ways of understanding, tackling and reducing waste-related crime. The project will develop, test and apply new and modern ways of working, and d ...
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Innovative tool to improve risk assessment and promote the safe use of nanomaterials in the textile finishing industry (LIFE_ECO-TEXNANO)

Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Mar 31, 2017,

... the adoption by Europe’s textile industry of nanomaterials produces sustainable outcomes. Objectives The LIFE_ECO-TEXNANO project aims to improve the competitiveness of the EU textile sector by demonstrating the suitability of nanomaterials for producing high value, low cost textiles. This will be achieved by imp ...
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Degradation of pharmaceuticals in wastewaters from nursing homes and hospitals (LIFE PharmDegrade)

Start date: Sep 1, 2014, End date: Nov 30, 2016,

Background The systemic control of pharmaceuticals in waters remains unregulated in the EU, despite the European Commission's proposal in 2012 for the restriction of the three most common pharmaceuticals in water. Among the most frequent are the remains of medicines such as endocrine disruptors, antibiotics, remains of painkillers and tranquilisers. Pseud ...
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Baltic pilot cases on reduction of emissions by substitution of hazardous chemicals and resource efficiency (LIFE Fit for REACH)

Start date: Oct 1, 2015, End date: Mar 31, 2020,

...at its emission sources, avoiding the use of these substances in the first place, and finding substitutes. Objectives LIFE Fit for Reach aims to offer user SMEs a full ‘chemicals management package’, including capacity building in line with the CLP regulation (Classification, labelling and packaging of substances ...
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Building cooperation, developing skills and sharing knowledge for Natura 2000 forests in Greece (LIFE ForestLife)

Start date: Jul 16, 2015, End date: Jul 15, 2019,

...idance material on effective fund management and innovative financing mechanisms were also recommended. Objectives The LIFE ForestLife project aims to support the exchange of best practice and the development of skills of forest Natura 2000 managers in Greece. Specific objectives are to: Facilitate knowledge sharing ...
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LCA, environmental footprints and intelligent analysis for the rail infrastructure construction sector (LIFE HUELLAS)

Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Mar 31, 2017,

...tructure design and its functioning. Such tools could help to support decision-making during the construction of rail infrastructure and to reduce carbon and water footprints during this phase of the life cycle. Objectives LIFE HUELLAS aims to reduce the carbon and water footprint of rail infrastructure by developing ...
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Improving current barriers for controlling pharmaceutical compounds in urban wastewater treatment plants (LIFE Impetus)

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Jun 30, 2019,

...ently built) are essential, as new investments are limited in the near future due to economic constraints. Objectives LIFE Impetus aims to demonstrate measures for improving PhC removal in urban WWTPs with conventional activated sludge (CAS) treatment. As CAS is the most common biological process in urban WWTPs, the ...
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Pure Copper Recovery (PCR) from WtE bottom-ash An innovative heap leaching and solvent extraction process (LIFE PCR)

Start date: Jul 16, 2015, End date: Jun 30, 2018,

...other emissions. To meet demand, the EU is therefore highly dependent on the refining and smelting of imported copper concentrates, as well as on the recycling of production scrap and end-of-life products. Nearly all copper products can be recycled repeatedly without loss of product properties. The average global end-of-life recycling rate of copper from 2000 to 2010 is given at 45%. ...
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Culture and Nature for a Better Quality of Life

The aim of this project is to form a uniform data base and internet presentationof the tourism offer for the regions of Bács-Kiskun County in Hungary and WestBacka in Serbia, so as to incite the development of tourism. To achieve this, theplanned activities encompass the analysis of the present situation on both sides of theborder (mirror project), design and adaptation of the new tourism offer to ...
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