BONUS RETURN has been exploring how ecotechnologies can turn nutrients and carbon from being environmental problems, into benefits– by closing nutrient loops and promoting circularity. The project began on 1 May 2017 with partners from Sweden, Finland, Poland and Denmark, and ends on 31 October 2020. The overall aim of BONUS RETURN was to improve the adaptation and adoption of agriculture and municipal wastewater ecotechnologies for capture and reuse of nutrients and carbon in the Baltic Sea Region. Project results, conclusions and recommendations were presented at the final conference on 8 September, 2020.
Programme
Moderated by: Arno Rosemarin, SEI
13.00 – 13.10 — Introduction
Karina Barquet, BONUS RETURN Project Coordinator, SEI
13.10 – 13.35 — Review of ecotechnologies for circulating nutrients and carbon in the Baltic Sea Region
Biljana Macura, SEI
13.35 – 14:00 — Sustainability analyses in three catchment areas
Erik Kärrman, RISE & Søren Marcus Pedersen, UCPH
14.00 – 14.25 — Modelling efficiency of ecotechnologies in Vantaanjoki, Slupia and Fyris
Jari Koskiaho, SYKE & Tomasz Okruszko, WULS
14.25 – 14:35 — Coffee break
14.35 – 15.00 — Circular innovations in the Baltic Sea Region
Sten Stenbeck, RISE
15.00 – 15.25 — Barriers and opportunities for closing the loop
Linn Jarnberg, SEI
Nelson Ekane, SEI
15.25 – 15.45 — Success stories of circular ecotechnologies in the Baltic Sea Region
Mark Rasmussen, SEI
Q&A with Case study leads: Olle Olsson, SEI, Marek Giełczewski, WULS and Jari Koskiaho, SYKE.
15:45 – 16:05 — Playing to learn
Steven Bachelder, Uppsala University
16:05 – 16.20 — Conclusions and recommendations
Karina Barquet, SEI
