RECYCLE.H2020project

RECYCLE is associated with the European Union's horizon 2020 program and involves partners from around the world. Project Coordinator

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The RECYCLE project aims to develop methods and approaches to trap pesticides in drained agricultural areas and stream sediments and to make recovered pesticide components reusable. Following the principle of circular economy, the RECYCLE project aims to develop methods and approaches to trap pesticide components in drained agricultural areas and stream sediments and to implement new technologies

29/04/2022

WHY GROUNDWATER?
The RECYCLE projects is manly focused on groundwater pollutions and remediation.
Even if less popular in public debates than surface water, groundwater stores are 1/3 of the total global freshwater resources.

In EU, 65% of drinking water and 25% of agricultural irrigation comes from groundwater resources.

According to Member States’ second river basin management plans (2019), 24% groundwater bodies in the UE-27 are in poor chemical status and 9% is in poor quantitative status. In the same area 19% of the groundwater bodies are in less-than-good chemical status mainly because of diffuse pollution from agriculture.

Last but not least, irrigation water demand is expected to grow due to climate change (EEA 2021) increasing pressure on groundwater bodies.

REFERENCES
https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/explore-interactive-maps/water-framework-directive-2nd-rbmp
https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/europes-groundwater #:~:text=Groundwater%20stores%20almost%20one%20third,of%20water%20for%20agricultural%20irrigation

15/04/2022

May hope and happiness fill your home at Easter.
After the darkness there is always light :)

25/03/2022

Lucas Lallemant spent 6 months of his master studies at working on pesticides application rates on a European scale with the research group. During his internship in Milan, Lucas, an engineering student at , had the opportunity to work on the H2020 learning new approaches and techniques related to geo-referenced data management and artificial intelligence. He developed a novel machine learning based methodology to estimate pesticides application rate across Europe.

The results obtained by Lucas are the basis for new research advancements and a good starting point for .

Stay tuned for more, and follow our page for the latest updates about advancement and application of Lucas' results

08/03/2022

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY

March 8th is a day for celebrating women but, moreover, we strongly believe it’s an opportunity for sharing different experience, background and points of view.

We would like to thanks one more our female partners of RECYCLE project for the great contribution and added value that they have been giving to the project as scientists and women, a plus 365 days a year.

We do hope their words may inspire girls who dream to work in science fields as well as young women who are taking the first steps into this community.

BREAK THE BIAS: TOGETHER, IT'S POSSIBLE

International Women's Day European Commission Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Technische Universität Berlin Politecnico DICA

14/02/2022

BRIEF OVERVIEW OF PESTICIDE COMPONENTS - PART 2
Nowadays in all developed countries and most developing countries exporting to regulated markets, toxic pesticide residues on the final product are usually very low and not dangerous to human health. Estimating the amount of pesiticide applied to agricoltural soil is a key factor to understand the impact of pesticide on human and environmental health. In 2019 Maggi et. al. presented a global gridded application rate dataset of 20 of the most widely used pesticide active ingredients used on 10 dominant crops and crop classes for the year 2015 and two projections for the year 2020 and 2025.
Global gridded data set: https://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/ferman-v1-pest-chemgrids-v1-01

Earthdata

REFERENCES:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780123750679000929?via%3Dihub
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-019-0169-4

11/02/2022

International Day of Women & Girls in Science 2022

22/01/2022

BRIEF OVERVIEW OF PESTICIDE COMPONENTS - PART 1

Although pesticide application is commonly associated with recent times, pest-killing substances have been used for a long time.
The application of insecticidal sulfur compounds was already recorded in a Sumerian text from 2500 BC, the application of poisonous plants and heavy metals is recorded in documents dated 2000 BC in India and 1200 BC in China, respectively. There is historical documentation demonstrating the application of pesticides to date throughout the world. In the early 1970s, some of the most common pesticides (e.g., chlorinated hydrocarbons) were banned and other toxic pesticides began to be regulated worldwide.

What about the current situation?

24/12/2021

RECYCLE Consortium would like to wish you a peaceful Christmas Season. Being close to our loved ones and leaving some fears behind is hopefully the epiphany of a less complicated and more normal 2022.

We will back soon :)

17/12/2021

PESTICIDE APPLICATION RATE: A GLOBAL PROSPECTIVE

Pesticide contamination in water has become a pervasive problem. Precipitation allows pesticides to percolate into groundwater, and surface water runoff carries pesticide components from agricultural fields into water stream and reservoirs. Pesticides are increasingly used in agricultural and horticulture. What is the current situation worldwide? What about the spatial distribution globally?
According to Food and Agriculture Organization’s Corporate Statistical Database the global application rate is increasing rapidly:
The highest rate of application is found in developed countries with small areas and high population density e.g., Israel, Japan, Saint-Lucia and Belgium, or in developed countries with long tradition in agriculture, such as China, United States and Colombia. On the other hand, developing countries have the lowest amount of pesticide application per year, some examples are Ivory Coast, Mali, Chad and Comoros.
What about other countries?
Check out the FAOSTAT website: https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/ /EP

03/12/2021

The RECYCLE project aims to develop methods and approaches to trap pesticide components in drained agricultural areas and stream sediments.
Pesticides allow for a better agricultural harvest by increasing productivity but are themselves becoming a scarce resource. Pesticide components are carried by rainwater, percolate through the soil, eventually contaminate freshwater resources becoming potentially hazardous to human health. Furthermore, increased loading of surface water with pesticide components is the primary cause of loss ecological balance in aquatic environments. Drawing on the principles of a circular economy, new technologies will be implemented to make recovered pesticide components reusable and will help in meet the goals of the EU Water Framework Directive.
https://water.europa.eu/freshwater/europe-freshwater/water-framework-directive
The vision of the RECYCLE project is set through coordinated research activities between academia and private sectors involving early career researchers and professionals from the EU and beyond. These activities include periodic workshops and summer schools aimed to maximize the sharing of the latest findings and acquired knowledge.

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