The AgriMax project launches online service to connect waste producers and biorefineries


Type of post: NEWS.

The project Agrimax has launched a new online service which enables crop producers, food processers and agricultural cooperatives to sell their waste as feedstock for two pilot biorefineries: one in Spain and one in Italy.
Online service registration: http://agromax.iris.cat/#/login.

Figure 1. Interface of the new online service

In Europe, around 90 million tons of food and 700 million tons of crop are wasted every year. To tackle this growing problem, the EU-funded Agrimax project has designed and built two flexible, multi-feedstock biorefineries that convert residues and by-products from farming and food processing into high-value products which can be used in the food, packaging, chemical and agricultural sectors.

Pilot biorefinery 1
Pilot biorefinery 2
Location
Family-run farm Chiesa (North of Italy).
Fruit producers Indulleida (Southern Spain).
Feedstocks
Waste from tomatoes and cereals.
Olive and potato waste.
Products
Lycopene, ferulic acid, cutin, hydrocompost and compost.
Polyphenols, fibres, protein and aroma recovery.

The new, user-friendly platform will help ensure that the biorefineries are provided with sufficient waste feedstocks from local suppliers throughout the year. This will address any seasonal and regional fluctuations in supply, as well as maximise efficiency and profitability. It also enables potential end users to order samples of the biorefinery products for testing.

The online tool was developed by the Spanish engineering company IRIS. Georgios Chalkias of IRIS explains: “The platform is a great opportunity to link key stakeholders from across the whole supply chain. It gives producers an alternative to landfill and animal feed for their waste and allows end users in the food, packaging, chemical and agricultural sectors to order high-value compounds to use in a range of biobased products”.

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