EU LIFE Close-to-Market Projects: Accelerating Circular Water Innovations

Circular economy requires innovative value chains and business models that facilitate resource efficiency. Yet many promising solutions struggle to gain traction. Start-ups, which are often at the forefront of driving innovation, face barriers in scaling and accelerating market uptake of circular technologies. In this session we invite pitches of the EU LIFE program, and a Jury will reflect and provide feedback on those examples and strategies of circular water innovations and point towards potential barriers that prevent circular solutions reaching the market.
Pitch Line-Up:
SEALEAU – Maria Mortou - Turning saline wastewater into valuable resources.HydroVolta - George Brik – Game-changing, low-energy water desalination.ELEKTRA – Miguel Cappilla Lloris - (Aguas, Valencia): Powering the future with innovative energy solutions.RECAD – Hristo Terziev (KCM AD, Bulgaria): Industrial circularity in action.LIFE WARRIOR – Pau Berenguer (Cetaqua): Enhancing water reuse and system resilience.Biofire Polymer - Ali Elahinik – Sustainable alternatives to conventional plastics.