Baltic Phytoremediation BAPR

LITHUANIAN

RESEARCH CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY

RESEARCH AND SERVICES

2019

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NORDIC INSIGHTS

Trends shaping the future of business

Publication:

Scandinavian-Polish Chamber of Commerce www.spcc.pl

Content Partner:

For the purpose of this report infuture hatalska foresight institute has carried out a research based on signal based forecasting method, the aim of which was to search for trends related to the most popular innovations currently being developed on the Scandinavian market. Each identified trend has been described by the institute and enriched with case studies, indicating the real operation of companies in this area. In addition, the infuture institute conducted a survey (CAWI) among 73 member companies of the Scandinavian-Polish Chamber of Commerce, which aim was to assess their attitudes towards identified trends.

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Baltic Phytoremediation BAPR

Project objective

To raise cross-border awareness of available green phytoremediation technologies to clean soil from pollutants such as oil, industry related contaminants, heavy metals, nutrients and microplastics, through new arenas of cooperation that focus on a circular economy approach.

Project focuses on:

• combining phytoextraction with biomass generation and its commercial utilization as an energy source

• getting ash as ‘‘bio-ore’’

• increasing energy efficiency (less primary fuel needed if bio-ore can be used)

• lowered CO₂-emissions

For more information about the project visit: Lnu.se/en/bapr

Main outputs

Three pilot cases focusing on innovative plant-based phytoremediation technologies and methods for cleaning polluted soil and then process of energy production from grown crops.

The project

aims to increase the

use of green technology in

order to decrease the pollution discharges in the South

Baltic area

European Regional

Development

Fund