Water, Air & Soil
R&D to enhance the competitiveness of businesses through better management of water, air and soil and associated resources
Experience
Eurecat develops and optimises technologies and processes to improve the management of water, soil and air and associated resources. We conduct research, development and innovation projects with businesses across all industries to enhance economic, environmental and social sustainability.
We use advanced modelling and experimental tools at various scales (laboratory, pilot plant and real scale) to develop and validate new technologies and their applications. We work with a wide range of technologies for treating pollutants to mitigate their release into the natural environment and also for resource recovery and to support the transition to a circular economy.
We design pilot projects and procedures tailored to businesses, thereby reducing the risk inherent to R&D by gradual implementation from conceptualisation to rollout through all development stages.
Our Water, Air and Soil Unit’s knowhow coupled with the capabilities of Eurecat’s technology units enables us to deliver solutions for complex and specific problems across a wide range of sectors including water treatment, chemicals, food and agriculture, pharmaceuticals and materials processing and capital equipment.
Water
Soil and groundwater
Air and emissions
Risk analysis
Simulation and modelling
Services
Scientific and technological assessment
Pilot evaluation
Developing new technologies and processes
Outstanding projects
Multimedia
Demoware
Releach
NextGen
Insitrate
Most representative sectors
Water, Air & Soil team
Xavier Martínez Lladó
Director of Water, Air & Soil Unit
Doctor of Science from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC) and Chemical Engineering degree from the same university. He has more than 15 years’ experience in coordinating and implementing environmental R&D projects in a wide range of urban and industrial sectors.
News
Eurecat joins Smart Tourist Destinations Network to step up digital and sustainable transformation of tourist destinations
The Eurecat technology centre has become an institutional member of the Smart Tourist Destinations Network to support and bring its knowledge and technological and digital capabilities to tourism innovation to make it more competitive and sustainable. Drawing on over 20 years of experience, Eurecat powers the innovation and sustainability of businesses [...]
Social organisation Solidança teams up with Eurecat to devise a container for collecting clothing to enhance textile waste circularity
Solidança, a social organisation engaged in the social and solidarity economy and with extensive experience in gathering and recovering textile waste under the Roba Amiga brand, has teamed up with the Eurecat technology centre using Catalan Waste Agency grants promoting the circular economy to eco-design a container for collecting post-consumer clothing [...]
BATTECH raises over €4 million to develop batteries and recycle materials for electric vehicles
BATTECH, the leading battery R&D and innovation centre in southern Europe, has kicked off four strategic European projects this quarter worth more than €4 million. They are designed to unlock sustainability and the circularity of materials in the electric mobility value chain by improving the recovery of lithium-ion battery [...]