Background Current methods of manufacturing ceramic bathroom fixtures and fittings consume large amounts of energy and water. For instance, the beneficiary's factory consumes over 130 000 m3/yr of water, which is used in processes such as washing moulds. The bathrooms industry also produces a large amount of wastewater and other liquid and solid residues, both organic and inorganic. Once these are filtered out of the water, only a small proportion can be reused and the rest are sent to landfill. The beneficiary has previously developed a technology for forming ceramic bathroom products by isostatic pressing of atomised paste, as an alternative to the traditional process - by pressure slip casting. This new process uses fluid pressure – from a liquid, such as water and oil, or a gas – to modify materials. It has shown excellent results in terms of product quality and reduced resource consumption in limited applications. Objectives The LIFE ENVIP project aims to demonstrate an innovative application of a relatively new technology for reducing resource consumption in the manufacture of ceramic bathroom products. It thus hopes to contribute to a reduction of the environmental impact of the ceramic bathroom-ware sector. The project plans to construct a pre-industrial-scale prototype facility for forming ceramic bathroom products by isostatic pressing of atomised paste using fluid pressure – from a liquid or gas - to modify materials. It will validate different ceramic paste compositions for the isostatic pressing process and identify the optimal conditions for the industrial forming process of bathroom products of different shapes and sizes, meetring required quality levels and technical specifications. The project expects to demonstrate that, compared to traditional processes of pressure slip casting, the sostatic pressing forming technology can reduce the amount of water needed to wash moulds. The volume of wastewater – and subsequent use of coagulants and flocculants in wastewater treatment - will likewise be significantly reduced, as will the amount of solid waste emerging from the moulds. Energy consumption will also be avoided, together with corresponding greenhouse gas emissions. The principal energy savings will come from avoiding the need to heat water to 45°C for mould cleaning and from avoiding much of the need to dry products and moulds. Process productivity increases process should also reduce energy consumption. Expected results: The project expects to achieve the following results: Demonstration of the efficiency, sustainability and technical performance of a forming process of bathroom-wares based on isostatic pressing; Reduction of the process cycle time to 20-60 seconds per product; Elimination of 280 litres of water consumption for washing the moulds of each product - considering an average annual production of a ROCA factory of 465 108 products, a total reduction of some 130 230 m3/year is expected; Reduction in the volume of wastewater generated and discharged, with a consequent reduction in the use of coagulants and flocculants; A 440 tonne/month reduction in the volume of solid waste generated; A 13.74 kWh per product reduction in energy consumption; and A reduction in CO2 emissions of some 2.78 kg per product.