
AgriMax
Agri and food waste valorisation co-ops based on flexible multi-feedstocks biorefinery processing technologies for new high added value applications
Agri and food waste valorisation co-ops based on flexible multi-feedstocks biorefinery processing technologies for new high added value applications
Around a third of all food produced globally is wasted each year. This waste occurs throughout the whole value chain, from farmers to consumers. However, there are significant amounts of valuable compounds contained in the wasted food that could and should be recovered.
The AgriMax project is designed to establish the technical and economic viability using bio-refining process on waste from crops and food processing to deliver new bio-compounds for the chemical, bio-plastic, food, fertilisers, packaging and agriculture sectors.
The project will combine affordable and flexible processing technologies, including ultrasound assisted and solvent extraction, filtration, thermal and enzymatic treatments for the valorising side streams from horticultural and food processing industries that can be used in a cooperative approach by local stakeholders.
Agrimax will combine flexible processing technologies to valorise residues and by-products from the agriculture and food processing industry to extract valuable biocompounds used to produce active ingredients, packaging and agricultural materials among others. The objectives are:
Agrimax: multiple high-value products from crop and food-processing waste
Turning food and crop waste into new products
18 February 2019
Every year, around one-third of all food produced across the world is wasted before it even reaches the consumer. Our AGRIMAX project is tackling the problem by turning crop and food-processing waste into high-value products. Read more
From agricultural and food-processing waste to bio-products
24 May 2018
How can we use agricultural and food-processing waste to create useful products for a sustainable Europe? Read more