Expertise - Environment

Environment Department

CELABOR is your analytical and research partner in the field of water and waste.

CELABOR’s Environment Department supports industries in the analysis, treatment, and valorization of their liquid or solid discharges, with a focus on sustainability and circularity.

The Environment Department is accredited by the Walloon Region for water analysis (industrial wastewater, municipal wastewater, surface water, etc.) and waste analysis (sewage sludge, compost, biomass, etc.). Our samplers travel to industrial sites to collect samples for analysis.

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Environment.

Christelle VREULS

Head of Department - Environment

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Water treatment using advanced oxidation technologies, membrane filtration, disinfection, innovative biological couplings (algae-bacteria symbiosis)

CELABOR is accredited by the Walloon Region for water and waste analysis.

According to regulatory requirements or industrial challenges, CELABOR can develop specific assay methods. To successfully carry out its missions, the CELABOR laboratory is equipped with state-of-the-art equipment and is able to offer you customized solutions in the development of highly reliable specific analytical methods.

Reuse of treated water according to the circular economy principle, recovery of value-added compounds, integration into industrial symbiosis chains.

R&D Themes

CELABOR develops and participates in R&D projects in the fields of water and waste treatment.

In the field of water treatment, CELABOR develops new processes for treating industrial or municipal wastewater through advanced oxidation and electro-photocatalysis. The objective is to degrade persistent pollutants such as micropollutants, pharmaceutical compounds, and PFAS before discharging water into surface water or sewers, or before water reuse to prevent micropollutant concentration. CELABOR also develops physicochemical treatment processes for industrial wastewater through optimization via Jar-Tests. Additionally, CELABOR has participated in various projects on the development of low-energy disinfection processes for water exiting treatment plants or for bathing water.

In the field of waste treatment, CELABOR is developing a new biodegradable bioflocculant for the flocculation of sewage sludge in treatment plants. This bioflocculant of bacterial origin will enable sustainable and safe valorization of sludge in agriculture. CELABOR is also interested in rare earth recycling from electronic waste and has developed a process for specific selection of rare earths in electronic waste mixtures.

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