Objective
Continuing population and consumption growth are driving global food demand, with agricultural activity increasing to keep pace. Europe has a major agricultural waste problem, generating some 700 million tonnes of waste annually. There is an urgent need and huge opportunity to address the efficient use of agricultural wastes, co-products and by-products (AWCB) towards delivering sustainable value chains in the farming and processing sectors. As such, AgroCycle will convert low value agricultural waste into highly valuable products, achieving a 10% increase in waste recycling and valorisation by 2020. This will be achieved by developing a detailed and holistic understanding of the waste streams and piloting a key number of waste utilisation/valorisation pathways. It will bring technologies and systems from ~TRL4 to ~TRL7 within the 3 years of the project. A post-project commercialisation plan will bring commercially promising technologies/systems to TRL8 and TRL9, ensuring AgroCycle will have an enduring impact by achieving sustainable use of AWCB both inside and outside the agricultural sector, leading to the realisation of a Circular Economy.
AgroCycle addresses wastes from several agricultural sectors: wine, olive oil, horticulture, fruit, grassland, swine, dairy and poultry. The AgroCycle consortium is a large (25) multi-national group (including China) comprising the necessary and relevant multi-actors (i.e. researchers; companies in the technical, manufacturing, advisory, retail sectors (Large and SMEs); lead users; end users; and trade/producer associations) for achieving the project’s ambitions goals. Farming’s unique regional (rural) location means that AgroCycle will help reduce the EU’s Innovation Divide and address the Regional Smart Specialisation Strategies for each partner country: impact will be Regional with National and International dimensions. The presence of three partners from China ensures international synergies and a global impact.
Fields of science
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwaste managementwaste treatment processesrecycling
- agricultural sciencesanimal and dairy sciencedairy
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculturehorticulturefruit growing
- social scienceseconomics and businesseconomicssustainable economy
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RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinator
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Ireland
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Participants (25)
9000 Gent
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TF10 8NB Newport
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80686 Munchen
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00185 Roma
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57001 Thermi Thessaloniki
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10000 Zagreb
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11145 Athina
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00184 Roma
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Y010 5DG York
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100193 BEIJING
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Nanjing
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08940 CORNELLA DE LLOBREGAT
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
28042 Madrid
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CV1 2TT Coventry
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
25003 Lleida
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
GL54 4LZ Cheltenham Gloucestershire
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0000 Sheung Wan
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
Clonee
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W23 Maynooth
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1040 Bruxelles / Brussel
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1030 Bruxelles / Brussel
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1000 Bruxelles / Brussel
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51512 Njivice
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47071 Valladolid
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CV8 2LZ Kenilworth Warwickshire
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