Using algae to promote agricultural sustainability and the circular economy
ALG-AD is a project from Interreg North-West Europe (NWE) a European Territorial Cooperation Programme funded by the European Commission. The project is being led by Dr Carole Llewellyn,…
The Blue Chain - De Blauwe Keten
Greenhouse horticulture is under pressure from rising costs and increasing global competition. Flanders and the Netherlands have therefore adopted a policy of supporting greenhouse horticulture in order to achieve the necessary…
Agricultural waste: a valuable resource
Livestock and crops waste: an uncomfortable reality
In the case of livestock industries, the production of meat, milk and eggs generates large volumes of waste with the consequent impact on the environment. If livestock…
AgroCycle: valorising rice bran for novel products
Research is progressing in AgroCycle as the Horizon 2020 project enters its second year. AgroCycle is addressing the recycling and valorisation of waste from the agri-food sector and the consortium is…
Rethinking glasshouse horticulture with algae
Spirulina, a natural blue dye
Flemish and Dutch greenhouse horticulture have entered a transition phase. Rising costs and increasing global competition puts local farmers under pressure. The blue chain aims to re-boost…
A new bioeconomy strategy to boost growth and investment in EU
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SusNisia
By means of a feasibility study the basis for a holistic material management system for biogenic residues on islands will be demonstrated on the example of the islands Lesbos and Chios. The study includes assessment of technical and infrastructural…
SCALIBUR - Scalable Technologies for Bio-urban Waste Recovery
SCALIBUR will identify and develop best practices for selective collection, transport, sorting and pre-treatment, and characterisation of food waste and urban sewage sludge.
Partners will engage…
VALUEWASTE
Every year each European citizen produces on average 200 kg of municipal biowaste. This means that between 118 and 138 million tonnes of biowaste arise annually in the EU.
The municipal biowaste management systems that currently exist in Europe, such as…
PROLIFIC
The recovered valuable fractions will undergo enzymatic modification & further conditioning techniques before their addition in various product prototypes in an industrially-relevant environment. PROLIFIC ambitions a total of 16 prototypes for the…