BIOrescue
Enhanced bioconversion of agricultural residues through cascading use
Project details
- Type of project
- Research & Innovation Action
- Project focus
- Crop protection & fertilisation
- Feedstock origin
- Agri-food waste
- Feedstock type
- Crop residues
- Project period
- 1 September 2016 - 31 August 2019
- Status
- Completed
- CBE JU Contribution
- € 2 635 140,63
- Call identifier
- H2020-BBI-PPP-2015-02
Summary
Europe's mushroom industry generates approximately five million tonnes of spent mushroom substrate (SMS). This is the extraneous substrate and mushroom mycelium that is left behind after harvesting the mushrooms. Storing and disposing of this SMS has become a significant economic and logistical problem. Disposing of it can cost up to €50 per tonne, creating a bill of up to €250 million for the mushroom industry each year.
BIOrescue aims to demonstrate and develop the concept of an integrated bio-production process based on the cascading use of SMS supplemented with wheat straw (WS) and other underutilised lignocellulosic feedstocks. When applied within a conventional mushroom production farm, this will turn it into an efficient and sustainable bio-refinery.
BIOrescue will turn the economic and logistical problem of waste SMS into biochemical materials that can be used as replacements to those derived from fossil resources.
Consortium map
Project coordination
- FUNDACION CENER SARRIGUREN, Spain
Consortium
- ZABALA INNOVATION CONSULTING SA MUTILVA ALTA NAVARRA, Spain
- IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE London, United Kingdom
- MONAGHAN MUSHROOMS IRELAND Monaghan, Ireland
- METGEN OY Kaarina, Finland
- UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI NAPOLI FEDERICO II Napoli, Italy
- MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN EV MUNCHEN, Germany
- C-TECH INNOVATION LIMITED Chester, United Kingdom
- CELIGNIS LIMITED Limerick, Ireland
- GREENOVATE ! EUROPE Bruxelles / Brussel, Belgium
Former member
- CLEA TECHNOLOGIES BV Delft, Netherlands
