Related topic: Nutrient recycling

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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Have you brought, or are you looking to bring a bio-based, biorefinery or biotechnology innovation process towards commercialisation? We need your input to improve equipment and service provision in this important area. […]

Read More… from Pilots4You Survey: Needs of the European bioeconomy sector regarding pilot and demonstration facilities

From 27 until 29 November, the third edition of ManuREsource took place at Eindhoven (The Netherlands) and welcomed more than 230 participants from 28 countries. At this third edition the legislative framework concerning manure has been addressed extensively in the presence of members of the European Commission DG ENVI and DG GROW. Economic feasibility, marketability of the products and public awareness remain the main obstacles for the transition to a circular manure processing. More collaboration, not only with the mineral fertilizer industry but also with agrofood concerns was mentioned by the attendees as a key condition. […]

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The project will test and introduce 6 industrial demonstration pilots at municipial wastewater treatment facilities in North-West Europe with the objective of recovering phosphorus as critical raw material (CRM) from wastewater.

The recovered phosphorus will be evaluated either for supplying to fertiliser industry for further processing or directly to farmers (case specific for each of the investigated cases). The event attracted a broad interest from across Europe. Other partners involved in hosting and supporting the event were DPP, ESPP and the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of North-Western Switzerland. […]

Read More… from PHOS4YOU successfully launched by organizing the first European Nutrient Event

AgroCycle is evaluating agri-food waste value chains including a wide range of valorisation pathways such as biofuels and biopolymers. Rice bran is one value chain which has significant potential for high-value recovered products. […]

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