Phosphate is a critical raw material; it is essential for food production, but if we continue like this, the fossil phosphate ore mines will be exhausted within 100 years! Due to the urgency of phosphate, water boards (and other governments) have been fully committed to technology development for more than 10 years to enable the recovery of phosphate from large phosphate-rich waste streams such as sewage sludge. Large company SNB processes almost 30% of all sewage sludge in the Netherlands into sludge ash on location in Moerdijk. SNB's ambition is to close the phosphate cycle and is diligently looking for a technologically and economically feasible solution. SusPhos offers the solution! SusPhos has developed an innovative unique technology and has extensively proven it on a pilot scale in collaboration with end users and suppliers. With this technology, phosphates and other useful products can be recovered from sludge. The technology offers a sustainable and clean alternative to the environmentally polluting fossil phosphate mines and industry. And the technology distinguishes itself from alternatives that are being developed worldwide due to its material and energy efficiency, its high quality end and by-products and its economic feasibility. SusPhos and SNB want to investigate whether a first commercial scale demonstration factory can be built on site at SNB based on SusPhos' technology. The cooperation on location in Moerdijk is a win-win-win situation for SusPhos, SNB and the region. It results in environmental benefit through circular use of materials, CO2 savings and energy savings, and in strengthening the regional economy through product and process innovation, through economic diversification and job creation in green chemistry in Moerdijk. This project includes research and innovation in preparation for the construction of the demonstration facility in Moerdijk. Within 1.5-2 years, SusPhos, with the help of SNB, is preparing to take the final investment decision for the construction of the demonstration facility in Moerdijk in 2025.
