Nutrient Separation Systems: Current Progress and Future Opportunities.

ABSTRACT: As energy, environmental, supply chain, and economic risks escalate in today's linear fertilizer manufacturing processes, there has been growing interest in developing technologies that enable a circular nitrogen-based fertilizer economy. Achieving this goal requires significant advancements in wastewater treatment, with a specific focus on the design of technologies and complete systems that can capture and recycle waste nutrients into usable fertilizers. Every year, millions of tons of nitrogen and phosphorus remain untapped in global municipal and industrial wastewater, presenting a significant opportunity for fertilizer utilization. Herein, we explore current and future opportunities for nutrient recovery systems to provide recycled fertilizers for agricultural use. We first quantify r

SUBMITTER: Choi HJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12910600 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature