It's a commonly held belief that the way to bring about a more innovative water sector is to foster a spirit of collaboration between companies at different points in the value chain and in different geographies. In the field of sludge and resource recovery, there are few better examples of this in action than the European INCOVER (Innovative Eco-Technolo-gies for Resource Recovery from Waste-water) project, which has brought on board an impressive array of SMEs, academics and researchers to develop technologies for the circular economy - and to demonstrate how these various technologies fit together into a workable ecosystem.
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