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Revalorization of cheese whey for use as a biofertilizer/biostimulant.

Description

Use of whey as a biofertilizer.

Sector

A1.6Support activities to agriculture and post-harvest crop activities

Needs/ Problem statement

In Andalusia, it is produced a large quantity of milk whey every year. From 10 L of milk, it is obtained 1 kg of cheese and 9 L of whey. These will benefit the cheese diaries to valorise what today is a by-product/residue, and to reuse most of the water that can be re-incorporated in the process.

Objective

Application of a circular economy process for the valorization of whey leading to new products with biofertilizing/bio-stimulant action (lactic acid, peptides, free amino acids, lactic bacteria) contributing to the improvement of crops and soils.

Bioeconomy fields

Crop residues and perennial plantsnull

Designer crops for optimised biomass contentnull

Algae biomassnull

Waste or recycled materialx

Microbial assisted processingnull

Biorefineries x

Feedstock

Wastes

Outcomes and final product

Biostimulants

Mobility

Mobile

Value chains

1
2
3

3 - High potential - Significant arisings of feedstocks available currently.

C Sink

1
2
3

1 - Low potential - low potential for carbon sequestration

Intended user

Cheese dairies

Complexity of the process

1
2
3

3 -complex application

Final user

Farmerx

Foresternull

Researchernull

Advisornull

NGOnull

Training organizationnull

Processor or retailernull

Consumernull

Public Authority + LAGnull

Othernull

Economic sustainability

1
2
3

2 - Medium potential - Expected to bring 2 or 1 economic benefits.

Social sustainability

1
2
3

1 - Low potential - doesn\'t bring any social benefits.

Environmental sustainability

1
2
3

3 - High potential - Expected to bring at least 3 significant environmental benefits.

Added value

Very low
Low
Intermediate
High
Very high

Bulk Chemicals & Fuels = Low

Equipment maintenance costs (€/year)

null

Investment cost (€)

null

Operational costs (€)

null

Return of investment (€)

null

Return of investment (Year)

null

Coherence with BBioNets

1
2
3

3-green

Country

ES

Official website

https://biosuero.com/

OG Region

ES61Andalucía

Geographic Scope

Regional

Focus Area

FA 4B: Improving water management;

Key words

Circular economy, incl. waste, by-products and residues

Main source of funding

Rural development 2014-2020 for Operational Groups (in the sense of Art 56 of Reg.1305/2013)

Period

2022-2024

Duration (months)

24

Number of partners by type

Farmer:

2

Forester:

null

Advisor:

null

Researcher:

2

NGO:

null

Processor or retailer:

1

Training orgaznization:

null

Consumer:

null

Public Authority:

null

Other:

null

Status

Ongoing

TRL

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

TRL 5 – technology validated in relevant environment (industrially relevant environment in the case of key enabling technologies)

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