Abstract
Driven by a “near zero-waste” society requirement, the goal of NoAW project is to generate innovative efficient approaches to convert growing agricultural waste issues into eco-efficient bio-based products opportunities with direct benefits for both environment, economy and EU consumer. To achieve this goal, the NoAW concept relies on developing holistic life cycle thinking able to support environmentally responsible R&D innovations on agro-waste conversion at different TRLs, in the light of regional and seasonal specificities, not forgetting risks emerging from circular management of agro-wastes (e.g. contaminants accumulation).
By involving all agriculture chain stakeholders in a territorial perspective, the project will:
- develop innovative eco-design and hybrid assessment tools of circular agro-waste management strategies and address related gap of knowledge and data via extensive exchange through the Knowledge exchange Stakeholders Platform
- develop breakthrough knowledge on agro-waste molecular complexity and heterogeneity in order to upgrade the most widespread mature conversion technology (anaerobic digestion) and to synergistically eco-design robust
- cascading processes to fully convert agro-waste into a set of high added value bio-energy, bio-fertilizers and biochemicals and building blocks, able to substitute a significant range of non-renewable equivalents, with favourable air, water and soil impacts get insights of the complexity of potentially new, cross-sectors, business clusters in order to fast track NoAW strategies toward the field and develop new business concepts and stakeholders platform for cross-chain valorisation of agro-waste on a territorial and seasonal basis.
Project duration
2016-2020
Unibo Team Leader
Annamaria Celli
Other Departments involved
Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali (BIGEA)
Coordinator
INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE-INRA (Francia)
Partnership
- Aalborg University (Denmark)
- ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - UNIVERSITÀ DI BOLOGNA (Italy)
- APESA-ASSOCIATION POUR L'ENVIRONNEMENT ET LA SECURITE EN AQUITAINE (France)
- BIOVANTAGE ApS (Denmark)
- Campden BRI Magyarorszag Nonprofit Korlatolt Felelossegu Tarsasag (Hungary)
- CHINESE ACADEMY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES (China)
- City University of Hong Kong (China)
- Confagricoltura-Confederazione Generale dell’Agricoltura Italiana (Italy)
- DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET - TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK (Denmark)
- ECOZEPT GBR (Germany)Ethnico Metsovio Polytechnio - National Technical University of Athens (Greece)
IBBK FACHGRUPPE BIOGAS GMBH (Germany)
- FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V (Germany)
GRAP'SUD SOCIETE COOPERATIVE AGRICOLE (France)
- IFV - French Vine and Wine Institute (France)
- INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE INCORPORATED (Taiwan)
- INNOVEN SRL (Italy)
- INRA TRANSFERT S.A. (France)
- INSTITUT ZA ARHITEKTURU I URBANIZAM SRBIJE-Institute of Architecture, Urban & Spatial Planning of Serbia (Serbia)
- INSTITUTO DE BIOLOGIA EXPERIMENTAL E TECNOLOGICA (Portugal)
- AGRIPORT A7 B.V. (Netherlands)
- Schiesslhof GbR (Germany)
- SOFIES SA (Switzerland)
- SP SVERIGES TEKNISKA FORSKNINGSINSTITUT AB (Sweden)
- SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITY (China)
- NINGBO TIANAN BIOLOGIC MATERIAL CO. LTD (China)
- UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA "LA SAPIENZA" (Italy)
- UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER (France)
- VERMICON AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT (Germany)
- VINARIJA ALEKSANDROVIĆ DOO VINČA (Serbia)
- STICHTING DIENST LANDBOUWKUNDIG ONDERZOEK (Netherlands)
Contribution/Budget
Euro 6.887.570,00
Sito web
https://noaw2020.eu/