Locus Performance Ingredients (PI) and Veolia Water Technologies & Solutions have announced a collaboration that will be focused on “developing new biobased solutions tailored to address process, water and wastewater sustainability and performance challenges”. No further details were disclosed.

Kemira and Veolia Wasser Deutschland are to work togther on the full-scale technology assessment of ViviMag, a patented technology to recover phosphorus and other valuable resources, such as iron, from sewage sludge. The first industrial trial will take place at Veolia’s wastewater treatment plant of Schönebeck, Germany, during 2H.