Resources
Managing water and materials in a closed loop: collection, filtration, recycling, recovery.
Why water and materials in a closed loop
Nothing is lost. Securing access to clean water and turning waste into resources rather than enduring it: this is the circular economy applied to the territory. From recycled plastic to remelted metals, from rubble remoulded into concrete to organic waste converted into energy and fertiliser, Equalium demonstrates complete chains and passes on their techniques.
Water
Collection, filtration, treatment, dynamisation and closed loops.
Plastic
A lab built on the open-source plans of Precious Plastic: shred, extrude, mould.
Metals & mineral
Salvage foundry (sand casting, metal pouring) and concrete moulding to recycle rubble, terracotta and old concrete.
Organic recovery
A biogas digester transforms organic waste into energy and fertiliser; even algae recovered into biogas.
Water
Securing water means securing life. Rainwater harvesting, filtration, treatment, dynamisation and closed loops: complete chains to have clean water, in a loop, without waste.
Plastic
With the open-source plans of Precious Plastic, plastic waste becomes raw material again. Shred, extrude, mould: a real recycling workshop where useful objects are made from what others throw away.
Metals & mineral
Nothing is lost, not even solids. Salvage foundry (sand casting, pouring), concrete and ceramic moulding to recycle rubble, terracotta and old concrete into new construction elements.
Organic recovery
Organic waste becomes energy and fertility. A digester transforms it into biogas and digestate — a natural fertiliser that returns to the soil. The loop closes.
Contributes to SDGs 6 and 12 — clean water and responsible consumption.
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