Malbaratament alimentari

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Premio para un proyecto de la Universidad de Murcia que mejora el valor nutricional de las salchichas usando subproductos de brócoli

- La recerca demostra que parts del bròcoli que habitualment es descarten es poden reutilitzar per obtenir compostos bioactius que s’incorporen a aliments com les salsitxes de porc.

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Wheat bran breakthrough unlocks plant-based gel food applications

- La recerca de la KTH transforma el segó de blat en hidrogels d’origen vegetal, oferint noves solucions de textura i noves vies de valor per als fabricants d’aliments d’arreu del món.

The UK Agri-Tech Centre has worked with agri-tech businesses to test and trial their technologies to address the challenges of water quality and management on-farm and across the agri-industry. Safe water production and protection are closely tied to soil health, which in turn underpins our food and energy systems. The UK Agri-Tech Centre has collaborated with a range of innovative partners on projects that address this challenge directly.Below are three initiatives working to safeguard and sustain safe water: STREAMS (Space Tech for River Environments & Agricultural Monitoring Sensors)Diffuse nutrient pollution remains one of the most significant pressures facing Welsh waterways, with well-known rivers such as the Teifi repeatedly falling short of phosphate standards. These pressures have lasting consequences for our landscapes, affecting biodiversity, land use and the long-term resilience of rural communities. Real-time water quality monitoring has the potential to speed up mitigation efforts, yet traditional sensors often carry prohibitive costs, and many rural locations lack the reliable connectivity required for automated data transfer. As a result, manual water sampling remains commonplace, which can miss short-term pollution spikes and delay timely intervention.The Innovate UK-funded STREAMS project aims to overcome these challenges, by making water-quality monitoring more affordable, reliable and continuous, even in the most remote areas of rural Wales. Project lead, Lacuna Space, is working with Aberystwyth University and the UK Agri-Tech Centre to combine three core innovations:A low-cost multiparameter sensor capable of measuring nitrates, phosphates, dissolved oxygen, pH and other key indicators of river healthLacuna’s LoneWhisper® satellite-IoT Technology, enabling sensors to transmit data without the need for network connectivityA bilingual Welsh–English dashboard, co-designed with end users, delivering clear, real-time insights for farmers, land managers, community groups and environmental professionalsWorking alongside local authorities, environmental regulators, regional communities and land users, the project will host bilingual workshops and engagement events to co-develop tools, evaluate sensor performance, refine the dashboard and ensure STREAMS delivers tangible value in practice. While STREAMS is grounded in Wales, the challenges it addresses are global: many water challenges are due to poor connectivity, making monitoring impossible.But Lacuna’s connectivity is making monitoring possible anywhere in the world and the team is already in conversation with partners as far afield as Brazil, exploring how the technology could support freshwater quality improvement on a global scale. By demonstrating the model locally first, Wales is establishing itself as a leader in satellite-enabled environmental monitoring and contributing to cleaner, healthier rivers for communities around the world. Interested in getting involved? Watch this space for updates on upcoming engagement events across the Ceredigion region. NURSE (Nutrient Utilisation and Recovery through Supercritical Extraction)The NURSE project is led by a consortium including Kairos Carbon Limited (lead), Cranfield University, Royal Agricultural University and the UK Agri-Tech Centre, forming part of Defra’s Farming Innovation Programme, delivered in partnership with Innovate UK. The project seeks to develop an advanced hydrothermal technology for processing livestock waste — recovering the valuable nutrients it contains, producing a carbon-negative, non-leaching fertiliser, and separating carbon for permanent sequestration.The UK generates around 140 million tonnes of livestock waste each year, the majority of which is spread directly onto farmland. By stripping out carbon prior to land application, the project aims to deliver meaningful emissions reductions. Currently, less than 50% of applied nutrients, such as phosphorus, are taken up by crops when livestock waste is used as fertiliser.At the same time, fertiliser costs for farmers continue to rise while key resources, including phosphorus, face long-term depletion. By developing a non-leaching fertiliser that enables greater nutrient uptake by plants, the project aims to help keep costs manageable for farmers while reducing resource waste. Equipping farmers with new tools to recover and reuse valuable nutrients while simultaneously reducing environmental impacts is central to the project’s mission.The technology delivers direct benefits by recovering critical materials from livestock waste in a concentrated form, for use as a low-leaching, sustainable fertiliser that can lower input costs and improve yields. It also enables more effective waste management and processing, the breakdown of organic pollutants, and the extraction of carbon for capture and storage all within an energy-neutral system. Kairos aims to reduce emissions from UK agriculture while preventing pollutants and nutrients from entering watercourses, and to tackle air pollution arising from livestock waste and other agricultural sources. NTPlus2The NTPlus and NTPlus2 projects are led by Agua DB, specialists in ion exchange technology, in collaboration with the UK Agri-Tech Centre. The goal is to develop a modular, integrated solution for recovering nutrients from wastewater and removing the technical barriers standing in the way of commercialisation. The NTPlus technology generates high-nitrate irrigation water, low-nitrate drinking water, and converts potash into sulphate of potash, boosting crop resilience against drought, stress, disease and pests.Agua DB’s approach targets the so-called ‘Nitrate Timebomb’ by capturing nitrates that would otherwise leach into aquifers, transforming them into a valuable input for farmers. This process enhances water quality while also supporting more efficient irrigation and greenhouse growing practices, making agriculture better equipped to withstand the effects of climate change.NTPlus2 builds on this foundation by extending the recovery process to include phosphates at wastewater treatment plants. It will also trial the novel application of plasma technology to break down persistent organics, including herbicides and pesticides, while generating additional green nitrate in the output. The project’s overarching aim is to optimise the recovery of nitrate and phosphate from wastewater treatment plants, improve sludge properties and produce a liquid fertiliser that will be demonstrated and validated through crop trials. This will support commercial adoption and integration into the liquid fertiliser supply chain.Rebecca Lewis, Head of Bid Development at the UK Agri-Tech Centre, said: “These projects show just some of the range of exciting innovations that are being developed to help deliver more resilient and healthy water systems. Technology can play a key role in securing a sustainable water resource for farms, ecosystems and communities.”For more information about the UK Agri-Tech Centre and the agri-tech businesses and projects we support, get in touch at [email protected].To explore how water innovation can be advanced further, visit Innovate UK’s Cross-Sector Water Innovation Network at https://iuk-business-connect.org.uk/programme/cross-sector-water-innovation-network/.

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Scalable microbial protein ingredients for appealing nutritious foods

04/05/2026 - PROSCALE aims to increase the availability of sustainably sourced, nutritional alternative proteins by scaling up the production of single-cell proteins (SCP) for food use. The project advances the...

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- La fermentación de residuos...

La Farga impulsa un projecte per convertir escòries del coure en nous materials útilsL’empresa industrial La Farga ha posat en marxa un projecte d’innovació orientat a transformar les escòries generades durant l’afinament del coure en nous materials amb aplicacions industrials. La iniciativa s’inscriu en una estratègia d’economia circular que busca reduir residus, optimitzar recursos i generar valor afegit a partir de subproductes.

19/04/2026 - Què ha aconseguit el projecte?La Farga ha desenvolupat processos que permeten valoritzar les escòries —un residu habitual en la metal·lúrgia del coure— i convertir-les en materials...

Bridging Science and Enterprise in Aquaculture projects development

- The Daithi O’Murchu Marine Research Station, DOMMRS, is a privately-owned SME based around premises and research facilities established in 1987, originally as part of University College Cork’s...

Valdemingómez residuos Madrid 2025: logra récord en reciclaje y caída histórica de quejas por olores

- El sistema Valdemingómez residuos Madrid...

Optimising Biowaste Composting Plant Performance for a Circular and Safe Bioeconomy Across Europe

01/05/2026 - The co-composting of biodegradable and compostable packaging (BCP) with biowaste faces systemic challenges such as fragmented legislation, low operational uptake, and limited cross-sector...

Biogás: energía renovable a partir de residuos orgánicos - Ambientum Portal Lider Medioambiente

30/04/2026 - La transición hacia modelos energéticos sostenibles exige maximizar recursos y reducir la dependencia de combustibles fósiles. En este escenario, el biogás emerge como una solución...

New study reveals how next-generation biochar can transform pollution cleanup and circular sustainability

28/04/2026 - A comprehensive new review highlights how advanced biochar technologies could play a pivotal role in tackling global pollution while supporting a circular bioeconomy. By comparing conventional and...

POR UNA TRANSICIÓN JUSTA EN EL MEDIO RURAL – DECÁLOGO FORO DE ACCIÓN RURAL

- POR UNA TRANSICIÓN JUSTA EN EL MEDIO RURAL17 de Marzo de 2022Desde el Foro de Acción Rural, al que REDER pertenece, queremos destacar la importancia del medio rural, de sus necesidades, de...

The Download: storing nuclear waste and orchestrating agents

29/04/2026 - This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. It’s time to make a plan for nuclear waste...

Smart Cities: tecnología al servicio de la sostenibilidad urbana - Ambientum Portal Lider Medioambiente

28/04/2026 - La digitalización está rediseñando el paisaje urbano bajo el modelo de las smart cities. Esta transformación tecnológica surge como respuesta urgente a desafíos críticos: el crecimiento...

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- Un equipo del Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid (ICMM-CSIC) ha diseñado una nueva membrana para separar gases que mejora de forma notable la purificación de hidrógeno. Según el...

Turning “wastewater” into a resource: New insights on liquid fertilizer from hydrothermal carbonization

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Radioactive imaging reveals ants’ hidden food networks

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Informe de FEFAC pone el foco en la dependencia estructural de proteína importada de los fabricantes de pienso de acuicultura en Europa

- El sector de los piensos para acuicultura ve frenado su crecimiento por una dependencia estructural de proteínas importadas, lo que sitúa a la industria europea a merced de la volatilidad...

Department of Environmental Protection Releases Report Demonstrating Progress Toward Reducing Food Waste in New Jersey

27/04/2026 - New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Acting Commissioner Ed Potosnak released a report that demonstrates New Jersey is making meaningful progress toward its goal of reducing food...

2026 Waste to Energy and Materials Technical Assistance for State, Local, and Tribal Governments

26/04/2026 - The U.S. Department of Energy’s Alternative Fuels and Feedstocks Office (AFFO) and the National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR) launched the 2026 Waste to Energy and Materials Technical...

Genesal Energy desarrolla un grupo electrógeno a medida para una planta de valorización energética de residuos en Reino Unido

28/04/2026 - d> La solución garantiza el arranque en black start de la turbina principal y el respaldo eléctrico de la instalación, situada en el sur de Londres. La empresa española Genesal Energy,...

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