The Environmental Biotechnology Division of EFB acts for:
- The (bio)monitoring and bioremediation of xenobiotic compounds occurring in soils, sediments, groundwater and wastewaters
- The cleaning up and sanitizing drinking and waste-water, soil and air
- The reconciliation of disposal and waste valorisation (biorefinery concept) of by-products, wastes, effluents from the agro-food industry with the production of bio-based chemicals, materials and fuels
- The development of novel strategies such as the CO2 biocapture, etc.