RUNFASTER4EU
The EU faces an urgent need for soil regeneration and responsible land use. A sustainable solution lies in cultivating low-input oil crops on non-food marginal lands, helping restore soil health while generating valuable biomass. RUNFASTER4EU is creating a sustainable and replicable bio-based value chain for large-scale cultivation of oil crops on marginal lands. The project’s aim is to transform these underutilised lands into productive sources of feedstock for bio-based industries, with a parallel positive impact on soil quality and biodiversity. Through advanced biorefinery processes, the project converts vegetable oils and residual biomass into high-value bio-based products in a cascading approach. These include bio-building blocks and intermediates, cosmetic formulations, bio-stimulants, feed ingredients, herbicides, dielectric fluids, bioplastic, and NIPU for vertical gardens.
Siti web di riferimento
Elenco dei partner:
- Coordinator: VERSALIS SPA, San Donato Milanese Mi, Italy
- NOVAMONT SPA, Novara, Italy
- ENA SYMVOULOI ANAPTYXIS G P, Xanthi, Greece
- CIFO S.R.L., San Giorgio Di Piano (Bologna), Italy
- LEDA POLYMER SP ZOO, Wroclaw, Poland
- BF EDUCATIONAL SRL, Jolanda di Savoia, Italy
- FUNDACIO UNIVERSITARIA BALMES, Vic Barcelona, Spain
- AHAVA DEAD SEA LABORATORIES LTD, Airport City, Israel
- MATRICA SPA, Porto Torres, Italy
- NAFIGATE PARK SRO, Chrastava, Czechia
- CENTRE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES AND SAVING FONDATION, Pikermi, Greece
- FEDERAZIONE REGIONALE COLDIRETTI CAMPANIA, Napoli, Italy
- PNO INNOVATION UNIPESSOAL LDA, Lisboa, Portugal
- ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - UNIVERSITA DI BOLOGNA, Bologna, Italy
- CARHUE PIGGERIES LIMITED, Cork, Ireland
- AGRI 2000 IBERIA S.L., Pozuelo de Alarcon, Spain
- Agri 2000 Net RO srl, Pantelimon, Romania
- INSTITUT ZA RATARSTVO I POVRTARSTVO INSTITUT OD NACIONALNOG ZNACAJA ZA REPUBLIKU SRBIJU, Novi Sad, Serbia
Team di ricerca UNIBO:
- Dipartimento capofila: DISTAL (Prof. Andrea Monti, Prof. Federica Zanetti)
- DICAM (Prof. Elena Biagi, Prof. Giulio Zanaroli)
Ambiti di ricerca DICAM:
- Processi biotecnologici e chimici per l’economia circolare e la bonifica e rigenerazione di suoli, sedimenti e acque inquinati