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FORSTERK-Forsterkningsmidler

Waste MANAGEment and organic WASTE valorisation to advanced biofuels

Awarded: NOK 0.96 mill.

MANAGEWASTE is a project that receives "Supplementary funding for Norwegian Participants in Horizon 2020 Projects". It is linked to a H2020 project, WASTE2ROAD ? Biofuels from WASTE TO ROAD transport. The purpose of the NFR's supplementary funding is to increase the impact of Norway's participation in Horizon 2020 projects on society, including Norwegian municipalities and other public bodies, businesses, special interest organisations, Norwegian universities, university colleges and research institutes. Specifically, the funding covers targeted dissemination of WASTE2ROAD's project findings through activities, such as newsletters, workshops, participation at conferences, etc.. WASTE2ROAD is a 4-year project which aims to develop advanced biofuels from selected low-cost, widely available and diverse biogenic wastes. The project has an ambitious scope covering the whole value chain from waste management and pre-treatment strategies in local regions, to bio-conversion (liquefaction) and co-refining, through to validation of the biofuels' end-use compatibility in engines and transport vehicles. One of the most important stages of the value chain is strategies and information on waste sorting and pre-treatment, looking at a wide variety of biogenic feedstocks (such as contaminated wood, food residues, and black liquor). Based on experience from WASTE2ROAD, valorisation of waste is associated with special challenges, including variable and inhomogeneous composition of waste, reduction of contaminants to acceptable limits for further processing, fast deterioration of the waste during storage and transport, stabilization, and logistics. The WASTE2ROAD activities in management and sorting strategies of various types of waste fractions for further upgrading is a valuable competence and experience that can be transferred to relevant actors in Norway, established through collaboration with waste management agencies in Norwegian municipalities and other interested stakeholders. In the first reporting period, we have initiated contact with several organizations with interest in waste treatment, bio-energy and circular economy. These organizations have large networks and help us to achieve the highest impact possible through dissemination of the project materials to the Norwegian stakeholders. One newsletter has been finalized and distributed. It is also available on the WASTE2ROAD's website. A project movie is under preparation. SINTEF is preparing the first workshop that will take place at the beginning of 2022. More information will be available through the project's website (https://www.sintef.no/projectweb/waste2road/).

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WASTE2ROAD is a 4-year project which aims to develop advanced biofuels from selected low-cost, widely available and diverse biogenic wastes. The project has an ambitious scope covering the whole value chain from waste management and pre-treatment strategies in local regions, to bio-conversion (liquefaction) and co-refining, through to validation of the biofuels' end-use compatibility in engines and transport vehicles. One of the most important stages of the value chain is strategies and information on waste sorting and pre-treatment, looking at a wide variety of feedstocks. Based on experience from WASTE2ROAD, valorisation of waste is associated with special challenges, including variable and inhomogeneous composition of waste, reduction of contaminants to acceptable limits for further processing, fast deterioration of the waste during storage and transport, stabilization, and logistics. The WASTE2ROAD activities in management and sorting strategies of various types of waste fractions for further upgrading is a valuable competence and experience that can be transferred to relevant actors in Norway, established through collaboration with waste management agencies in Norwegian municipalities and other interested stakeholders. In Norway, the largest biofuel network bringing together the leading Norwegian research institutions, universities, key national and international partners, major forestry resources owners and regional authority is the FME centre, BIO4FUELS. The focus of BIO4FUELS is on the biomass from the forestry sector as well as the downstream processing from bio-conversion to co-processing. The role of the supplementary funding project (MANAGEWASTE) will be addressing the specific challenges related to the use of municipal waste fractions, focusing mainly on urban organic waste (defined as source separated waste from private households, food waste from retail, organic waste from food processing and food waste from catering), and contaminated wood.

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