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,…
Sharing know-how for nutrient recovery from manure, biowaste and sludge
On February 22nd and 23rd, representatives of fifteen biowaste treatment plants came together in Amsterdam to discuss possibilities for nutrient recovery and reuse from manure, sewage and…
End-of-Waste: a new business platform for valorization of organic by-products from agro-bio-food sector.
Initiated by UGent in 2018, the EoW is especially oriented to handle organic and biological streams and their transformation into higher value products in…
Valorization of contaminated land and development of sustainable value chains based on fiber crops
In the frame of the New-C-Land project, a pot experiment will be set up with a fiber crop, that will grow on different types of contaminated soils over Flanders,…
Food waste reduction: our joint responsibility
Food waste: more than an ethical or an economical concern
This is not only an ethical issue or an economical concern, but also an important challenge for our environment and our natural resources, which are essential…
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…
Rethinking water resources
Making the most of wastewater potential
The role of treated wastewater reuse as an alternative source of water supply is addressed in European and national strategies. At international level, the UN Sustainable Development Goal on…
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…
New biobased business platform on End-of-Waste
Bringing together a multidisciplinary consortium of 32 driven professors and their departments around the processing and recovery of by-pass flows out of bio-industry will lead to a strong synergetic effect on…
The 5th European Conference on Sludge Management, ECSM’2019
The conference brings together international experts of sludge management, scientists, researchers and engineers, R&D laboratories, water agencies, governmental delegates, and private companies…