This training program covers chemistry, unit operations, microbiology, separation technologies, and systems engineering approaches will be taught to understand different options to convert wastes into energy.

In particular, the possibility to transform waste materials (including wastewater) into useful and desired products brings the double advantage of treating and stabilizing wastes (thereby reducing their impact on the environment) while simultaneously valorizing them. This perfectly fits with the developing criteria of the circular economy whereby waste is no longer simply disposed of but is rather Handout 1 [H1] 2 recycled to close the loop. Indeed, the lack of long-term availability as well as the environmental concerns linked to the use of fossil resources for the production of energy and, more in general, chemical platforms, is leading research toward the exploitation of alternative resources. 

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This perfectly fits with the developing criteria of the circular economy whereby waste is no longer simply disposed of but is rather Handout 1 [H1] 2 recycled to close the loop. Indeed, the lack of long-term availability as well as the environmental concerns linked to the use of fossil resources for the production of energy and, more in general, chemical platforms, is leading research toward the exploitation of alternative resources.