On May 30, the Biorefine Cluster Europe (BCE) hosted for a workshop organized by the European Commission (Directorate General on Research & Innovation) to explore the potential of defining Nutrient Recycling as a research mission for the upcoming Framework Programme 9 (FP9-Horizon Europe) that is to follow up the current H2020 programme. […]
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On May 30, Biorefine Cluster Europe (BCE) together with its member projects AGROCYCLE and SYSTEMIC organized a policy event with, and, for the European Commission (Directorate General on Environment) to assist one of their internal assessment process called SAFEMANURE. […]
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Green gas has a role to play in the development of more sustainable cities and communities compliant with climate targets. EU institutions have introduced new regulatory frameworks to boost circular economy and increase the renewable energy share, as the recast of Renewable Energy Directive (RED II) and the waste package. The EU Green Week 2018 was an excellent occasion to analyse the implications and opportunities of this new framework, aimed at promoting sustainable development for EU citizens and communities. This annual event features a main conference in Brussels and many exciting events organised by partners around Europe, taking place from the end of April until mid-May. […]
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Delegates of fifteen biowaste treatment plants discuss together possibilities for nutrient recovery and reuse from manure, sewage and biowaste.
Ten outreach biowaste treatment plants were selected to improve their current practices. Five SYSTEMIC demonstration plants, already working in nutrient recovery, will facilitate the outreach plants in their process of business case development by sharing knowledge on nutrient recovery technologies and related financial and legislative issues. The project consortium will evaluate the envisaged business cases in terms of technological feasibility, economic viability and sustainability. […]
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Algae are being used to develop new technology to clean up waste. Scientists at Swansea University are leading on a €5.5 Million eco-innovative project. The ALG-AD project could potentially result in a circular economy solution whereby excess waste nutrients produced from anaerobic digestion of food and farm waste are used to cultivate algal biomass for animal feed and other products of value. […]
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Ghent University is traditionally strong in the domain of Circular Economy for different material groups – in particular in the field of creating value out of organic waste and by-pass flows Ghent University is the worldwide pioneer with a broad range of research groups working in these fields. The topic ‘Resource Recovery’ was recently structured under the umbrella of the Ghent University business unit “End-of-Waste” with the aim of investing in the multidisciplinary commercialisation routes in the domain of by-pass flows in agriculture, agro-industry, food industry, as well as biological waste(water)streams. […]
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Mineral nutrients are vital for producing the food on our plates, as well as for a wide variety of other products and materials which we use every day. Agricultural intensification using mineral fertilisers has allowed the world to sustain population growth and prosperity. However, the production of this type of fertiliser requires a lot of energy and the dependency on fossil resources needs to be re-thought. More attention must be paid to closing nutrient loops throughout the entire agro-food chain. The EIP-AGRI Focus Group (FG) on Nutrient Recycling brought together 20 experts to gather practical and scientific knowledge to discuss how to improve nutrient recycling in agriculture and discuss how biobased fertilisers can be better taken up in the market. […]
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