Waste4Soil envisions the development of 10 technological and methodological solutions for recycling food processing residues into local, biobased circular soil improvers for improved soil health. A user-driven standardised “Evaluation Framework” will support stakeholders from the food value chain, including waste managers, to assess their status towards food processing residues circularity and take action for recycling suitable waste streams into beneficial soil improvers. Waste4Soil will setup 7 “Soil Health Living Labs” across Europe to study the valorisation of 8 types of food processing residues (i.e., meat, fish, dairy, cereals, olive oil, wine, fruits and vegetables, and processed food).
The project focuses on assessing and improving the effectiveness of existing routes of food waste management to soil improver components, formulation and application methods by focusing on anaerobig digestion, novel Biochar production, Biophosphate processing, composting, Protein hydrolysates and AD-Microalgae. An enabling management platform will be created with a database of analytics, applications, soil health evaluations including the use of ”Internet of Things”.
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