Environmental objectives

REMOVE ALL PETROLEUM-POLLUTED FROM CONTAMINATED SOILS

To remove all petroleum-derived organic pollutants from aged industrial contaminated soils up to the required clean-up goals for soil reuse.

MYCOREMEDIATION AS A KEY

To promote and demonstrate mycoremediation as a key bioremediation technology.

REDUCE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS

To reduce the environmental impacts of mycoremediation processes in comparison with conventional technologies.

Circular Economy

To promote the principle of a circular economy, through the soil recovery (instead of landfilling) and the use of agro-industrial by-products and urban green waste.

3 demonstration sites

A refinery in Huelva

The site in Spain polluted with TPHs is located in the CEPSA facilities in Palos de la Frontera (Huelva).

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A former refinery in Rouen

In France, the site in Petit-Couronne (south of Rouen, Normandy), belongs to one of the partners of the project (VG), thus facilitating the pilot assays.

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A petrol station in Borgo Faiti

The Italian site’s polluted soil will come from a petrol station in Borgo Faiti (Lazio Region).

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