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Annual Review of Environment and Resources

Volume 49, 2024

Nitrogen and Phosphorus Recovery from Anthropogenic Liquid Waste Streams

Abstract

Nutrient recovery from waste is a promising strategy to conserve inputs while reducing nutrient discharge to the natural environment. Multiple waste streams have shown promise with respect to nutrient recovery. Multiple technologies also show promise at a pilot or full scale. These technologies, however, must not exacerbate other environmental issues, with excessive energy use, unsustainable material extraction (e.g., mineral extraction, cement use), or toxin release into the environment. Such technologies must also be feasible from economic and social perspectives. Work, therefore, should focus on both improving our current suite of available technologies for nutrient recovery from waste and framing policies that blend affordability with incentives, thereby fostering an environment conducive to innovation and adoption of sustainable approaches. This review considers the issues associated with nutrient recovery from waste, including technical feasibility and economic, environmental, and social factors, and identifies current knowledge gaps and emerging opportunities for nutrient waste recovery.

Keyword(s): nitrogen, nutrients, phosphorus, resource recovery, sustainability
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Nitrogen and Phosphorus Recovery from Anthropogenic Liquid Waste Streams
Annual Review of Environment and Resources 49, 281 (2024); https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-environ-112320-082121
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