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CONVERSION OF DILUTED MIXED URBAN BIO-WASTES INTO SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS AND PRODUCTS IN FLEXIBLE PURPLE PHOTOBIOREFINERIES

Descripción del proyecto

Cuatro municipios crean la primera fotobiorrefinería de la Unión Europea

Los usuarios finales de cuatro municipios (dos en España y otros dos en la región de Moravia-Silesia en la República Checa) crearán un consorcio para transformar biorresiduos urbanos diluidos en bioproductos sostenibles, como cosméticos, fertilizantes, envases y materiales de construcción autorreparables. El proyecto DEEP PURPLE creará e implementará en una única instalación la primera biorrefinería de bacterias púrpura fotosintéticas de la Unión Europea. Esta cadena de producción, destinada a ser la mayor del mundo, tendrá una capacidad de procesamiento de 422 toneladas al año de la parte orgánica de los residuos sólidos urbanos. Esto comprometerá a las comunidades para crear nuevos valores y oportunidades, reducir los vertederos, aumentar la recuperación de sólidos en un 71 % y sustituir las prácticas contaminantes actuales.

Objetivo

DEEP PURPLE creates a holistic consortium to transform diluted urban bio-wastes, including mixed waste streams, organicfraction of municipal solid waste (OFMSW), wastewater (WW) and sewage sludge (SS), into feedstock for bio-industry toobtain sustainable bio-products. This revolutionary concept will be implemented in a novel Single-Site Multi-Platform Concept (Biomass, Cellulose and Biogas) to replace current polluting destructive practices with new value added concepts.

The beneficial use of bio-waste is obtained by an innovative combination of optimized recovery technologies and novel solutions: the Purple Phototrophic Bacteria (PPB) PhotoBiorefinery. The use of PPB -the most versatile metabolismreported- ensures the adaption to fluctuating and diluted waste streams to support a stable and profitable production chain. Thefirst PPB PhotoBiorefinery in the EU (the biggest worldwide) will be validated in different environmental, economic, logisticand social scenarios.

The concept will be implemented by end-users from four municipalities, namely Madrid (ES), Toledo (ES), and the Moravia-Silesia Region(CZ) to transform bio-wastes (OFMSW: 422 t/y, mixed waste: 438,000 m3/y) into high-added value bioproducts:fine chemicals (bio-cosmetics), fertilizers, bio-packaging and self-repairing construction materials. The marketuptake of DEEP PURPLE is facilitated by optimal logistics of bio-wastes conversion (reduction of landfilled OFMSW: 60%, WWTP, solids recovery: 71%), and bio-products quality to favor their commercialization (440 t/y). The integration of valuechains is boosted by relevant stakeholder’s participation and innovative business models, minimizing waste and maximizingbenefits (85 M€ benefits, GHG emissions savings: 11,300 tCO2eq/y in 2025). Key communities (social engagementstrategies) will participate in the new value creation, calibrating the returns of the project like social innovation promotion and creation of new opportunities along the urban value cycle.

Régimen de financiación

IA - Innovation action

Coordinador

FCC AQUALIA SA
Aportación neta de la UEn
€ 1 413 000,30
Dirección
CALLE FEDERICO SALMON 13
28016 Madrid
España

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Región
Comunidad de Madrid Comunidad de Madrid Madrid
Tipo de actividad
Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
Enlaces
Coste total
€ 2 463 755,15

Participantes (18)