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H2020Staff exchange2018–2023

GeoRes · Geomaterials: from Waste to Resource

Horizon 2020 — Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Duration
2018-03-01 → 2023-08-31
EU contribution
€886,500
Participants
20
Scheme
MSCA-RISE

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Results in brief

Geomaterials: from Waste to Resource

Geomaterial waste represents half of the total waste volume generated in EU-27. In general, these waste geomaterials exhibit poor engineering characteristics and/or specific mineralogical composition that prevent their direct reuse on construction/mining sites. However, if adequately treated, they could represent an excellent resource for construction projects with significant money saving and reduction in the environmental footprint, thus contributing to the establishment of a circular economy. To achieve this, the GeoRes Project focused on developing innovative solutions for the reuse of waste geomaterials generated by construction and mining industries across Europe and worldwide. This involved development of protocols to improve the engineering characteristics of waste geomaterials, and to guarantee the level of performance over the service life of geo-structures built from waste geomaterials considering site-specific conditions (climate, water table, leaching, weathering, hazardous compounds, etc.). A number of strategies and tools were developed for sustainable reuse of waste geomaterials generated by geoengineering activities, and to determine how to turn a waste geomaterial into a valued durable material, with a positive revenue stream.

Data: CORDIS, © European Union

Project objective

GeoRes aims to expand the scope of the involved teams’ research in addressing some of the outstanding challenges in geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering: developing innovative solutions for the reuse of waste geomaterials generated by construction and mining industries across Europe. Geomaterial waste represents half of the waste volume generated in EU-27. These waste geomaterials generally exhibit poor engineering characteristics that prevent their direct reuse on construction/mining sites. However, if adequately treated, they could represent an excellent resource for construction purposes with significant money saving and reduction in the environmental footprint, thus contributing to the establishment of a circular economy. To achieve this, GeoRes will develop protocols, software and tools to improve the engineering characteristics of waste geomaterials, and to guarantee the level of performance over the service life of geostructures built from waste geomaterials considering site-specific conditions. The fundamental concern of the research in the GeoRes network is thus to develop strategies and tools for sustainable reuse of waste geomaterials generated by geoengineering activities, and to determine how to turn a waste geomaterial into a valued durable material, with a positive revenue stream. The proposed network is at the interface of two domains of engineering; geotechnical and geoenvironmental. Even today, it is not easy to find researchers with expertise in both geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering. We intend to form a multidisciplinary and intersectoral consortium composed of 8 academic and 6 industrial beneficiaries and 6 Third Country partners which aim to address this problem. GeoRes will create a multidisciplinary and intersectoral network of creative and innovative researchers and practising engineers ready to face geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering challenges which arise in the vanguard of technological innovation.

Original text from CORDIS.

Participants

  • THE UNIVERSITY OF EXETER · ExeterCoordinatorUnited Kingdom
  • DENESHGAH E ELM SANAAT E IRAN · TEHRANIran
  • ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTREAL · MontrealCanada
  • ECOLOOP AB · StockholmSweden
  • GEOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS · EspooFinland
  • GINGER CEBTP · ELANCOURTFrance
  • GRONLANDS NATURINSTITUT · NuukGreenland
  • HORIZON CONSULTING ENGINEERS LIMITED · ExeterUnited Kingdom
  • LULEA TEKNISKA UNIVERSITET · LULEASweden
  • MONASH UNIVERSITY · VictoriaAustralia
  • RAMBOLL SVERIGE AB · StockholmSweden
  • STIFTELSEN NORGES GEOTEKNISKE INSTITUTT · OsloNorway
  • SYNOPSYS (NORTHERN EUROPE) LIMITED · READING BERKSHIREUnited Kingdom
  • TERRE LEGGERE SRL · AvellinoItaly
  • UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES FUNDACION · Bogota DcColombia
  • UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL · Porto AlegreBrazil
  • UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI CASSINO E DEL LAZIO MERIDIONALE · CassinoItaly
  • UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI NAPOLI FEDERICO II · NapoliItaly
  • UNIVERSITE DE LORRAINE · Nancy CedexFrance
  • ZHONGGUO KEXUEYUAN WUHAN YANTU LIXUE YANJIUSUO · WUHANChina

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Data: CORDIS, © European Union