Circular economy as a key contributor to the EU's strategic autonomy

Russia's innovation of Ukraine comes first and foremost with human suffering of Ukrainian people. It will also impact neighbouring economies – in particular through skyrocketing global energy prices, which will affect countries, businesses, and individuals. This is just one of many reasons to step up our efforts and investments in the circular economy, in order to build a sustainable, just and inclusive future, for the benefit of our businesses and our people, and to boost the strategic autonomy.

In recent years, issues relating to fat, oil and grease(FOG) in the sewer network have increased. In the news, sewer blockages caused by FOG deposits, commonly referred to as ‘fatbergs’, are becoming an almost daily reminder of the problems that FOG can cause.

These FOG blockages lead to sanitary sewer overflows, flood damage to property and pollution of water bodies with sewage. Notwithstanding these environmentally and financial cost, a consistent circular FOG waste management approach has not been developed.

Magnete learned that FOG from Big Dipper and Trapzilla units is prized by biofuel producers. Big Dipper and Trapzilla are engineered to capture FOG with fewer impurities than effluent from standard grease interceptors. A rough calculation suggests that 270kg of FOG from a single Trapzilla unit would yield about 100kg of recyclable effluent, a 40% yield. That’s 3x the yield of a standard grease interceptor.

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