The Grassification project aims to explore the potential of roadside grass clippings, transforming them from waste into a valuable resource. During this webinar, project partners discussed the use of roadside grass cuttings as feedstock for energy and how this value chain can be developed further. […]
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Even though the Grassification project will end on November, 2021, the project partners still have some exciting developments being carried out in these final months to make sure we cover the maximum amount of aspects to enable the use of roadside grass clippings as a resource! Check out below the ongoing activities and be sure to follow Grassification project website and newsletter to learn about the final outcomes. […]
The Grassification project aims to turn the roadside cuttings from waste into a resource. The current valorization route is composting in the best case, but also non-legal practices like rotting alongside the roads are common. Recently, the consortium held a webinar on the valorisation of roadside grass cuttings to explore new and feasible solutions. […]
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The LIFE DOP project (Demonstrative mOdel of circular economy Process in high quality dairy industry) is a EU project, located in Mantua district, in the middle of the cheese production chain, aiming to demonstrate a new production model for Grana Padano PDO (Protected Designation of Origin) and Parmigiano Reggiano PDO, able to reduce the environmental impacts of production. As literature clearly outlines, (Thoma et al., 2012, IPCC 2006) a relevant area of GHG emission in milk production is the management of slurry and of nutrients, and these are key areas in which is important to invest to reduce burdens. […]
A Swansea University team has published a new article, detailing a novel approach to reuse food and farm waste at an industrial scale, using microalgae.
The paper explains the ways in which algae can be cultivated using excess nutrients, the optimum two-step approach used to maximise productivity, and how this biomass is optimally suited for use as an animal feed ingredient. […]
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ALG-AD is exploring ways to develop a circular approach to microalgae cultivation, utilising the by products from the AD/biogas industry, to generate products of value for another.
The team have built three facilities which are already using the nutrients in digestate to cultivate microalgae.
So far, the ALG-AD team have focussed on production of biomass for use as an animal feed, however additional funding has been allocated to the team to expand on the work already done to also cultivate algae for use as a fish feed. […]