Descripción del proyecto
Desarrollo de innovaciones para evitar la degradación del suelo
La degradación del suelo es una emergencia mundial. En la Unión Europea, el 60-70 % de los suelos no presentan buen estado debido a una gestión insostenible. En este contexto, el objetivo del proyecto SOILUTIONS, financiado con fondos europeos, es resolver este problema apremiante capitalizando el poder de la innovación y la colaboración. SOILUTIONS, que se basa en los conocimientos de proyectos financiados con fondos europeos previos, ha reunido a socios clave del consorcio, encabezados por WaysTUP! y VALUEWASTE. El objetivo principal del proyecto es optimizar cuatro estrategias diferentes de valorización de biorresiduos (hidrolizado de sangre, excremento de insectos, N-estruvita y K-estruvita) para crear enmiendas del suelo avanzadas a base de biorresiduos. Estas enmiendas se han diseñado no solo para favorecer la recuperación de nutrientes de los biorresiduos, que incluyen compuestos esenciales como el nitrógeno (N), el fósforo (P) y el potasio (K), sino también para frenar las prácticas de vertido e incineración.
Objetivo
Soil degradation is considered a global emergency. 60-70% of EU soils are degraded due to unsustainable management practices.
SOILUTIONS aims to tackle this problem by building upon previous key EU projects involving key consortium partners and bringing them forward, the main ones being WaysTUP! (SAV-Coord., DRAXIS), VALUEWASTE (CETENMA-Coord., NURESYS, GAIKER and ENTOMO) and Scalibur (CSCP and G!E).
We will optimise four bio-waste valorisation routes (blood hydrolysate, frass, N-struvite, K-struvite) into advanced bio-waste soil improvers with the aim of enhancing nutrient recovery from bio-waste (e.g. N, P, K, organic matter) thus reducing landfilling and incineration.
These valorisation routes will render a range of bio-waste feedstocks, that will be combined in different formulations together with key additives (e.g. Non-Microbial Plant Bioestimulants -NMPB-, Microbial Plant Bio stimulants -MPB- and Controlled Nutrient Release Coatings -CNRCS), into at least five bio-waste soil improvers. They will be co-created by working along with three Living Labs (in Flanders– Belgium, Valencia and Murcia–Spain), involving critical soil sector actors (companies and entrepreneurs, end-users, research centres, public bodies and civil society) to guarantee a good market fit of the developed soil improvers, coverage of sectorial needs and compliance with regulatory requirements (e.g. new Fertilising Products Regulation). Moreover, we will design an upscaling roadmap and a circular business model for each valorisation route to engage entrepreneurs and relevant soil companies to foster the commercialisation of advanced bio-waste soil improvers across the EU.
SOILUTIONS long-term impacts will contribute to reach targets of key EU policies and international commitments including the European Green Deal and UN Sustainable Development Goals 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15.
Ámbito científico
- social scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managemententrepreneurship
- engineering and technologymaterials engineeringcoating and films
- social sciencespolitical sciencespolitical policiescivil society
- social scienceseconomics and businesseconomicssustainable economy
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwaste managementwaste treatment processes
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HORIZON-IA - HORIZON Innovation ActionsCoordinador
46003 Valencia
España