The bioeconomy aims to close the material resource loop with virtually no net waste generation converting bio-residues into valuable products. Bio-waste results a key stream with a high potential for contributing to a more circular economy. The growing interest on a sustainable management and optimal resource utilization leads the attention toward different biomasses as potential sources for producing environmentally friendly products. In recent years, the management of biowaste and agricultural solid waste has become a crucial issue due to the increasing environmental problem. Fruit and vegetable production and processing generate biomass losses which are inevitable and may pose serious environmental risk if not properly treated but also mean the loss of valuable nutrients. In fact, bio- and agri-food waste are sources rich of nutrients and the utilization of these residues as feedstock for fertilizers production can provide a sustainable solution for nutrient recovery. The workshop’s presentations provide a hint to discuss and analyze the opportunities and the limits related to biomass valorization in terms of energy, organic substances, nutrients and other molecules recovery minimizing environmental impact. The paper summarizes the main objectives and results of works conducted by three research centers, the Bioeconomy Unit of Fondazione Edmund Mach (FEM), the Green Processes Engineering group of University of Trento and the Viticulture and Enology Research Center of CREA. The projects showed potential management solutions of biowaste and agro-industrial waste combining waste utilization with the production of value-added products, including organic fertilizers, in line with the principles of the circular bioeconomy and the most recent European strategies

Bertolini, S.; Bona, D.; Silvestri, S.; Tomasi, L.; Sinicco, T.; Mondini, C.; Ronchin, E.; Fiori, L.; Marchelli, F. (2024). From waste to wealth: exploring the power of agro-industrial waste. 1) From apple pomace to soil amendments: the "SMS green" project. 2) Producion of biostimulants (humic acids) from compost and effects on soil rizosphere and horticultural crops. In: 10th International symposium on energy from biomass and waste, Venice, Italy, 25-27 November 2024: CISA. ISBN: 9788862650458. handle: https://hdl.handle.net/10449/88279

From waste to wealth: exploring the power of agro-industrial waste. 1) From apple pomace to soil amendments: the "SMS green" project. 2) Producion of biostimulants (humic acids) from compost and effects on soil rizosphere and horticultural crops

Bertolini, S.
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Bona, D.;Silvestri, S.;Tomasi, L.;
2024-01-01

Abstract

The bioeconomy aims to close the material resource loop with virtually no net waste generation converting bio-residues into valuable products. Bio-waste results a key stream with a high potential for contributing to a more circular economy. The growing interest on a sustainable management and optimal resource utilization leads the attention toward different biomasses as potential sources for producing environmentally friendly products. In recent years, the management of biowaste and agricultural solid waste has become a crucial issue due to the increasing environmental problem. Fruit and vegetable production and processing generate biomass losses which are inevitable and may pose serious environmental risk if not properly treated but also mean the loss of valuable nutrients. In fact, bio- and agri-food waste are sources rich of nutrients and the utilization of these residues as feedstock for fertilizers production can provide a sustainable solution for nutrient recovery. The workshop’s presentations provide a hint to discuss and analyze the opportunities and the limits related to biomass valorization in terms of energy, organic substances, nutrients and other molecules recovery minimizing environmental impact. The paper summarizes the main objectives and results of works conducted by three research centers, the Bioeconomy Unit of Fondazione Edmund Mach (FEM), the Green Processes Engineering group of University of Trento and the Viticulture and Enology Research Center of CREA. The projects showed potential management solutions of biowaste and agro-industrial waste combining waste utilization with the production of value-added products, including organic fertilizers, in line with the principles of the circular bioeconomy and the most recent European strategies
Bioeconomy
Nutrients recovery
Fertilizers
Bio-waste treatment processes
9788862650458
2024
Bertolini, S.; Bona, D.; Silvestri, S.; Tomasi, L.; Sinicco, T.; Mondini, C.; Ronchin, E.; Fiori, L.; Marchelli, F. (2024). From waste to wealth: exploring the power of agro-industrial waste. 1) From apple pomace to soil amendments: the "SMS green" project. 2) Producion of biostimulants (humic acids) from compost and effects on soil rizosphere and horticultural crops. In: 10th International symposium on energy from biomass and waste, Venice, Italy, 25-27 November 2024: CISA. ISBN: 9788862650458. handle: https://hdl.handle.net/10449/88279
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