Partner 3: ”Dunarea de Jos” University of Galati (UDJG)
Project no.: 760005/30.12.2022, cod 2
Implementation period: 01.01.2023-31.12.2025
Title Project 4: Innovative and emerging solutions for smart valorisation of residual resources impacting health and safety of soil-food axis (InnES - Innovation, Emerging, Solutions-Soil)
InnES project aim to provide innovative and emerging solutions for appropriate low-cost methodologies in order to contribute to the re-construction and restoration of soil, by combining different bioremediation methods, such as bioaugmentation, biostimulation and composting. In this regard, the combination of the selected processes can be an attractive due to their synergetic effect allowing to enhance the elimination levels of contaminants achieved individually. The ambition of the InnES project is to design a tailored, easy-operation, cost-effectiveness and eco-friendly biocomposites from recycled resources as a candidate for sustainable bioremediation, allowing to develop a closed-loop system from two different industries, impacting especially the quality of soils and of foods. The designed biocomposite will be based on slag, dolomite, grape pomace and wine lees, while enhanced performance in soil restoration when compared with physico-chemical methods are expected. Also, will be designing biocomposites with electrofilter dust (CKD). The approaches developed in InnES project involves an integrated approach based on exploratory and applied research, aiming to provide novel, safe, bio-based alternatives for soil recovery. The project is devoted to a field which will bring together emerging issues in engineering, biotechnology, environment, agriculture and food industry, based on developing cutting edge technologies. The InnES project aims to explore the existing knowledge in the Competence Center, in order to effectively provide reliable answers for very urging economy, environmental and societal problems. It should be noted that in Romania, the largest quantities of residual resources, known as industrial waste and by-products is discharged into the environment, leading to significant pollution problems. Given the coherence and comprehensiveness of the complementary format of the Competence Center, our proposal wants to demonstrate how this approach can be implemented for the axis soil-food, thus unravelling the complex relationships of soil and food.
InnES proposes a holistic, multi-actors and industry-oriented approach to develop smart technologies for developing of a new generation of biocomposites from recycled resources, thus contributing to the reliable transition from current linear processing, to a more sustainable, closed-loop system, designed to respond to the current demands for a cleaner environment, healthy and safer life.
