Raw materials are becoming scarce, so we need to think circularly and minimise waste. That is why the Dutch water authorities are working in numerous ways to extract valuable raw…
Plant diseases, though a normal part of nature, can have disastrous effects in agriculture. They reduce food for people and revenues in rural areas. In the worst cases they result in…
Plastic has become fundamental in agriculture. The total consumption of plastic films for agricultural purposes in Europe exceeded 500.000 metric tons in 2013. Existing semi-intensive and intensive farming practices require…
Most of today’s fresh as well as convenience food is sold in plastic packages. These packages need to account for a number of functions such as preserving hygienic conditions or…
IProPBio is a project funded by MSCA-RISE-2017: Research and Innovation Staff Exchange of the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme. It includes nine EU beneficiaries, seven of which are Universities, one research…
SUSFERTs highly sustainable bio-based fertilisers will replace conventional products, which are depending heavily on imported rock phosphate, and will valorise waste and by-products of several industries to strengthen the European…
Through the use of innovative technologies, the LIFE Methamorphosis project enables to obtain reclaimed water with lower energy consumption and also to produce biomethane from municipal and agro-industrial waste for…
LIFECAB is a R&D project, co-funded by the EU LIFE Program (LIFE16 ENV/IT/000179), which aims to demonstrate a new process to treat municipal biowaste (MBW) and produce soluble bioorganic substances…
The REHAP project is transforming agricultural and forestry waste into high added value products for the construction sector, reducing energy-use and CO2 emissions. Agricultural and forestry residues are being used in…
Ingelia Italia S.p.a. announces the development of a commercial Hydrothermal Carbonization in Tuscany, Italy, which will process 80,000 tn/y of civil sewage sludge. The plant, developed and designed by Ingelia…
