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TY - JOUR
T1 - Towards circular phosphorus
T2 - The need of inter- and transdisciplinary research to close the broken cycle
AU - Stamm, C.
AU - Binder, C.R.
AU - Frossard, E.
AU - Haygarth, P.M.
AU - Oberson, A.
AU - Richardson, A.E.
AU - Schaum, C.
AU - Schoumans, O.
AU - Udert, K.M.
PY - 2022/3/31
Y1 - 2022/3/31
N2 - Phosphorus (P) is an essential element to all living beings but also a finite resource. P-related problems center around broken P cycles from local to global scales. This paper presents outcomes from the 9th International Phosphorus Workshop (IPW9) held 2019 on how to move towards a sustainable P management. It is based on two sequential discussion rounds with all participants. Important progress was reported regarding the awareness of P as finite mineable resource, technologies to recycle P, and legislation towards a circular P economy. Yet, critical deficits were identified such as how to handle legacy P, how climate change may affect ecosystem P cycling, or working business models to up-scale existing recycling models. Workshop participants argued for more transdisciplinary networks to narrow a perceived science-practice/policy gap. While this gap may be smaller in reality as illustrated with a Swiss example, we formulate recommendations how to bridge this gap more effectively. © 2021, The Author(s).
AB - Phosphorus (P) is an essential element to all living beings but also a finite resource. P-related problems center around broken P cycles from local to global scales. This paper presents outcomes from the 9th International Phosphorus Workshop (IPW9) held 2019 on how to move towards a sustainable P management. It is based on two sequential discussion rounds with all participants. Important progress was reported regarding the awareness of P as finite mineable resource, technologies to recycle P, and legislation towards a circular P economy. Yet, critical deficits were identified such as how to handle legacy P, how climate change may affect ecosystem P cycling, or working business models to up-scale existing recycling models. Workshop participants argued for more transdisciplinary networks to narrow a perceived science-practice/policy gap. While this gap may be smaller in reality as illustrated with a Swiss example, we formulate recommendations how to bridge this gap more effectively. © 2021, The Author(s).
KW - Agriculture
KW - Science-practice/policy interface
KW - Wastewater
U2 - 10.1007/s13280-021-01562-6
DO - 10.1007/s13280-021-01562-6
M3 - Journal article
VL - 51
SP - 611
EP - 622
JO - Ambio
JF - Ambio
SN - 0044-7447
IS - 3
ER -