Materials

SFS (D.4.2) A novel bio-fertilizer product (characteristics and preparation protocol) (100% completed)

SFS (D4.1) Dissemination products (research article or peer-review conference proceedings) and activities (conference, meeting, poster, technical report and website) (100% completed)

SFS (D.3.3 – D.4.1) CHANIA 2023: 10^th International Conference on Sustainable Solid Waste Management, 21-24 June 2023 (D.3.3 100% completed)

Here (pdf) you can find our abstract submission for the 10^th International Conference on Sustainable Solid Waste Management (CHANIA 2023). The abstract is entitled “Gene abundance of bacterial nitrifiers and denitrifiers in sewage sludge treated with clay minerals and biochar” and a poster was presented by Dr, Chrysoula Orfanidou on Poster Session.

SFS (D3.2) N cycling pathways – molecular datasets (functional qPCR) (100% completed)

SFS (D3.1) Microbial, pathogen and antibiotic resistance (molecular [qPCR & 16S] and culture based [CFU]) datasets (100% completed)

SFS (D.2.2 – D.4.1) Published paper in Soil Use and Management, 15^th June 2023 (D.2.2 100% completed)

Here (pdf) you can find our published research paper entitled “Sewage sludge treated with bentonite, vermiculite or biochar can improve soil properties and enhance growth of grasses” by A. Balidakis, T. Matsi, A-G. Karagianni & I. Ipsilantis in Soil Use and Management.

SFS (D.2.2 – D.4.1) Published paper in Applied Sciences, 10^th November 2022 (D.2.2 100% completed)

Here (pdf) you can find our published research paper entitled “Soil Application of Sewage Sludge Treated with Clay Minerals or Biochar and Its Effect on Soil Properties and White Clover’s (Trifolium repens L.) Growth and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Root Colonization” by A. Balidakis, T. Matsi, A-G. Karagianni & I. Ipsilantis in Applied Sciences.

SFS (D.2.2 – D.4.1) 22^nd World Congress of Soil Science, 31^st July-5^th August 2022 (D.2.2 100% completed)

Here (pdf) you can find our submitted abstracts (P-777 & P-779) to the 22^nd World Congress of Soil Science. We presented two posters at the conference via virtual event platform on scientific session 23. Effect and processes of biochar and soil organic matter on plant nutrition. The first poster (P-777) was entitled “Effect of sewage sludge stabilized with clay minerals and biochar on soil properties and Lolium perenne L. growth” and was presented by MSc Athanasios Balidakis. The second poster (P-779) was entitled “Evaluation of sewage sludge treated with clay minerals and biochar as soil amendment for Trifolium repens L.” and was presented by BSc Anastasia Karagianni.

SFS (D.2.2 – D.4.1) 9^th International Conference of MIKROBIOKOSMOS, 16-18 December 2021 (D.2.2 100% completed)

Here (pdf) you can find our abstract submission (PP_092) to the 9^th International Conference of MIKROBIOKOSMOS, entitled “Effects of application of sewage sludge treated with clay minerals and biochar on microbial and chemical properties of two soils cultivated with a grass and a legume”. Our poster was included in Poster Session 3: Environment.

SFS (D.2.1) Agronomic evaluation dataset, including all important parameters required to validate sewage sludge based bio-fertilizers for their fertilization capacity (100% completed)

SFS (D.1.2 – D.4.1) Published paper in International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 26^th December 2023 (D.1.2 100% completed)

Here (doi) you can find our published research paper entitled “Evaluation of selective clay minerals and biochar as materials for sewage sludge stabilization” by A. Balidakis, T. Matsi, I. Ipsilantis & D. Kalderis in International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology.

SFS (D.1.2 – D.4.1) Published paper in Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, 22^nd November 2023 (D.1.2 100% completed)

Here (doi) you can find our published research paper entitled “Effects of applying sewage sludge treated with amendments on soil chemical properties” by A-G. Karagianni, A. Balidakis, I. Ipsilantis & T. Matsi in Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis.

SFS (D.1.2 – D.4.1) THESSALONIKI 2021: 8^th International Conference on Sustainable Solid Waste Management, 23-26 June 2021 (D.1.2 100% completed)

Here (pdf) you can find our abstract submission for the 8^th International Conference on Sustainable Solid Waste Management (THESSALONIKI 2021). This year COVID-19 restrictions led to a virtual conference, which was hosted on the HOPIN platform. The abstract is entitled “Sewage sludge stabilization with clay minerals and biochar”, presented by MSc Athanasios Balidakis on Session XXIII – Socioeconomic Issues, Treatment technologies, Characterisation of Waste Residues. 

SFS (D.1.2 – D.4.1) vEGU21: Gather Online | EGU General Assembly, 19–30 April 2021 (D.1.2 100% completed)

Here (pdf) you can find our abstract submission for the General Assembly 2021 of the European Geosciences Union (EGU). This year due to COVID-19 restrictions all conference presentations will be based on the hybrid vPICO format. The abstract is titled “Nutrient and microbial dynamics of soils amended with sewage sludge stabilized with clay minerals and biochar; a preliminary study”, presented by Dr Georgios Giannopoulos on Session SSS5.7 EDI Co-organized by BG3 – New and traditional soil amendments: impacts, benefits, and risks.

SFS (D.1.1) Microbiological, biochemical, physical and chemical properties of the treated sewage sludge, soils and the treated sewage sludge – soils mixtures (100% completed)

SFS (D.4.1) Kick off Meeting

SFS (D4.1) Project Flyer

Here (pdf) you can find our project flyer in English and in Greek.