A novel biorefinery concept
for mushroom compost
The BIOrescue project developed and tested a resource-efficient biorefinery concept for mushroom compost, allowing its transformation into valuable bio-based products such as bio-pesticides, biodegradable nanocarriers for drug encapsulation, as well as new enzymes.
Biorefinery process
Ultra rapid biomass analysis
Improved enzymes
Bio-based nanocariers to treat plant disease
Affordable and sustainable biopesticides
Sustainability
News
BIOrescue project featured on the Euronews channel
The Euronews channel broadcasted a short documentary about the final results of the BIOrescue project.
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Factsheet #6 Sustainability aspect of the novel BIOrescue biorefinery
Find out the economic, social, technological and environmental aspects of the BIOrescue biorefinery in this Factsheet #6, the last one of our series.
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Factsheet #5 Affordable and sustainable biopesticides
Factsheet #5 presents the work done by the Spanish Renewable Energy Centre on the development of sustainable biopesticides from the bioconversion of used mushroom compost.
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Factsheet #4 Bio-based nanocarriers to treat plant diseases
In our fourth factsheet, we showcase a new product created within the project: bio-based nanocarriers that can be used for targeted plant treatment.
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III Biotechnology Forum
On 25 April 2019, the BIOrescue project will be presented at the Third Biotechnology Forum by its coordinator, CENER (Spain’s National Renewable Energy Centre). The Forum is organised by ASEBIO, the Spanish Association for Biotechnology Companies, and will take place in Madrid.
DownloadTowards a circular agro-food industry
After three years of work, partners are looking forward to sharing their findings and debating on the future European policy framework to foster the adoption of circular business practices in the agro-food industry at the occasion of project’s final policy conference that will be held on 4 April 2019 in Brussels (Thon Hotel EU, rue de la Loi 75).
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