Eurecat is a non-profit private foundation whose aim is to efficiently contribute to improving the competitiveness and the technological and sustainable development of companies by providing specialized services and carrying out R&D and innovation projects.

Eurecat’s Water, Air and Soil Unit (WAS) has an extended track record coordinating and participating in R&D projects related to the design, testing, and application of remediation technologies for contaminated soil and water. This Unit has a laboratory where standard and specific analyses are done, and bench-scale and pilot tests are also carried out. Due to the multidisciplinary nature of Eurecat, especially in Sustainability, Eurecat has large experience in Life Cycle Analysis and Life Cycle Costs studies applied to different sectors.

Within the LIFE SOuRCE project, Eurecat served as the project coordinator and was responsible for the overall technical and financial management of the project, stakeholder engagement activities, the development of business and replication strategies, and the assessment of the project’s sustainability and impacts on human health. Eurecat also led, in collaboration with SLU, the activities related to the bench-scale optimisation of the treatment solutions.