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RECOVER-IT: Driving Europe\u2019s Circular Future. <\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Selected as 1 of 47 Strategic Projects under the CRMA.<\/span> <\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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In May 2024, the European Union adopted the Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA), a landmark regulation designed to secure Europe\u2019s access to the materials that power the green and digital transitions. The CRMA sets ambitious targets for 2030:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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10% of extraction and 40% of processing to take place within Europe<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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25% of demand to be met through recycling\n<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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No more than 65% of annual consumption of a single material coming from a single third country<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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At the heart of this strategy are the Strategic Projects \u2014 pioneering initiatives that benefit from fast-tracked permitting, access to national and European funding, and regulatory recognition at EU level.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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RECOVER-IT is proudly 1 of the 47 projects selected in March 2025 by the European Commission, including only 4 from Italy. RECOVER-IT is the only Strategic Project focused on recovery from wastewater, positioning it at the forefront of Europe\u2019s efforts to strengthen resilience, autonomy, and sustainability in the critical raw materials value chain.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The initiative proposes a paradigm shift: recovering critical metals directly from industrial wastewater, turning hazardous waste into a valuable resource. Europe generates an estimated 4.5 million Tonnes of industrial wastewater containing dissolved metals every year, a secondary reserve that has so far been largely untapped (95% of these metals are not recovered), and which RECOVER-IT aims to transform into a strategic source of supply.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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At the core of the project is a proprietary Supercritical Water Precipitation (SWaP) technology, which makes it possible to extract with over 99% efficiency metals such as nickel, copper and platinum group elements, today largely trapped in sludge and confined to landfills or, worse, dispersed into the environment through surface waters.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The model, based on modular and scalable hubs, can be adapted to more than 60 industrial processes and aims to establish, by 2030, a European network capable of recovering over 20,000 Tonnes of critical metals per year. In doing so, RECOVER-IT not only reduces environmental risks, but also contributes directly to European industrial autonomy and the CRMA\u2019s targets, supporting the transition to a more circular, resilient, sustainable economy.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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RECOVER-IT: Driving Europe\u2019s Circular Future. Selected as 1 of 47 Strategic Projects under the CRMA. In May 2024, the European Union adopted the Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA), a landmark regulation designed to secure Europe\u2019s access to the materials that power the green and digital transitions. 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