Environmental control and management
- Environmental control
- Environmental management
- Introduction to environmental management standards
- Introduction to environmental labels and declarations
- Ecodesign
- Introduction to ecolabels
- Life cycle thinking, management and assessment
- Environmental impact assessment (EIA)
- Strategic environmental assessment (SEA) and Integrated Environmental Assessment (IEA)
- Design for the environment and green chemistry
- Sustainability management
- Circular economy management and assessment
- EU policy framework
- *EU Environment Action Programme
- *Sustainable development
- *Sustainable use of natural resources
- *Sustainable production and consumption
- *Circular economy
- *Climate action
- *Bioeconomy
- *Forest policy
- *Resource efficiency and raw materials
- *Integrated Product Policy (IPP)
- *Energy policy
- *Industrial policy
- *Best Available Techniques (BAT) and BREF
- *EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS)
- *Green, sustainable and circular public procurement
- EU legal framework
- *SEA and EIA directives
- *EU FLEGT Regulation and EU Timber Regulation
- *Ecodesign Directive and Industrial Emissions Directive (IED)
- *EU Emissions Trading Directive
- *Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH)
- *Renewable energy and energy efficiency
- *Air quality and environmental noise
- *Reduction of certain atmospheric pollutants and ozone regulation
- *Water Framework Directive
- *Floods Directive and Groundwater Directive
- *Nitrates from agriculture and the sustainable use of pesticides
- *Construction products regulation and urban waste-water treatment
- *Waste Framework Directive
- *Packaging, packaging waste and landfill
- *Environmental liability and the control of major-accident hazards
- *Habitats Directive and Directive of Public Access to Environmental Information
- Multilateral Environmental Agreements
- *The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and The Paris Agreement
- *The UN Forest Instrument
- *The International Tropical Timber Agreement
- *The UN Convention on Biological Diversity
- *The Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna
- *The UN Convention to Combat Desertification
- *The Aarhus Convention and The Kyiv Protocol
- *The Espoo Convention
- *The Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment
- *The Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents
- *The Bazel Convention – Hazardous wastes and their disposal
- Environmental control and management in Finland
- Circular economy management in Finland
- Environmental policy in Finland
- *Sustainable development in Finland
- *Sustainable consumption and production policy in Finland
- *Circular economy policy in Finland
- *Bioeconomy policy in Finland
- *Climate policy in Finland
- *Biodiversity related policy in Finland
- *Land use policy in Finland
- *Construction policy in Finland
- *Waste policy in Finland
- *The policies related to environmental hazards of chemicals in Finland
- *Plastics policy in Finland
- Environmental law in Finland
- *Environmental Protection Act and Decree
- *Act on Environmental Impact Assessment Procedure
- *Nature Conservation Act and Decree
- *Land Use and Building Act and Decree
- *Forest Act and Decree
- *Climate Change Act
- *Water Act
- *Waste Act and Decree
- *Chemicals Act
- *Act on Compensation of Environmental Damage and Environmental Damage Insurance Act and Decree
- Applying for an environmental permit for the project in Finland
Pyrolysis of sludge Pyrolysis of sludge is a so-called future technology and for this reason it is discussed here. It is now in the pilot phase in the municipal side and is one potential alternative to treat sludges to biochar. The same principle can use sludges from the forest industry, which contain mainly organics. Biochar
Authors & references
Authors:
Aino Kainulainen, HSY
Professor Olli Dahl, Aalto University
References:
- Waqas, M.; Khan, S.; Qing, H.; Reid, B.J. & Chao, C. 2014. The effects of sewage sludge and sewage sludge biochar on PAHs and potentially toxic element bioaccumulation in Cucumis sativa L. Chemosphere 105: 53–61.
- Agrafioti, E.; Bouras, G.; Kalderis, D. & Diamadopoulos, E. 2013. Biochar production by sewage sludge pyrolysis. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, 101. 72–78
- Yue, Y.; Cui, L.; Lin, Q.; Li, G. & Zhao, X. 2017. Efficiency of sewage sludge biochar in improving urban soil properties and promoting grass growth. Chemosphere 173: 551–556
- Tan, C.; Yaxin, Z.; Hongtao, W.; Wenjing, L.; Zeyu, Z.; Yuancheng, Z. & Lulu, R. 2014. Influence of pyrolysis temperature on characteristics and heavy metal adsorptive performance of biochar derived from municipal sewage sludge. Bioresource Technology 164: 47–54
- Hovi, J.; Rasa, K.; Kanerva, K. & Soinne, H. 2015. Lanta- ja lietepohjaisten pyrolyysituotteiden vaikutus maan mururakenteeseen ja fosforin reaktioihin. In: Leppälammi-Kujansuu et al. (eds) VIII Maaperätieteiden päivien abstraktit. Pro Terra No. 67. Helsingin yliopisto, Elintarvike- ja ympäristötieteiden laitos.
- Rasa, K.; Ylivainio, K.; Rasi, S.; Eskola, A.; Uusitalo, R. & Tiilikkala, K. 2015: Jätevesilietteen pyrolyysi – laboratorio- ja pilot-mittakaavan kokeita. Luonnonvara- ja biotalouden tutkimus 21/2015. Luonnonvarakeskus
- Luke 2018 [in Finnish only]. Jätevesilietteiden käyttö lannoitteena ei ole uhka ruokaturvalle. Tiedote PProduct-hankkeen tuloksista 10.4.2018. [Online] Available from: https://www.luke.fi/uutiset/jatevesilietteiden-kaytto-lannoitteena-ei-ole-uhka-ruokaturvalle/ [Accessed 15th November 2019]
- Kainulainen, A.; Rossi, L.; Gareis, C.; Nipuli, J.; Reuna, S. & Heinonen, M. 2018: Recycling carbon, nitrogen and phosphorous from municipal wastewater by combining nutrient recovery and pyrolysis. Proceedings of Sludge Management in Circular Economy (SMICE), Rome, May 23rd–25th 2018.
- Madej, J.; Hilber, I.; Bucheli, T. D. & Oleszczuk, P. 2016 Biochar wirh low polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon concentrations achievable by pyrolysis under high carrier gas flows irrespective of oxygen content or feedstock. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis 122, 365–369
- Glaser, B; Lehmann, J & Zech W. 2002 Ameliorating physical and chemical properties of highly weathered soils in the tropics with charcoal — a review. Biol Fertil Soils 35, 219–30
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