On November 22, members from the Swedish BioBIGG partner SLU visited Lyckeby Starch near Kristianstad, Sweden. The company has recently invested in a protein facility enabling the extraction of 2600 tonnes of protein from the potato juice bi-product stream.
The process not only produces a high value protein feed product sold as animal feed, it also results in a higher value organic fertilizer product. This is an excellent example of integrating the three principles of a circular bioeconomy in the production process: valorization of waste streams, cascading extraction of high-value products and recycling of plant nutrients.
The BioBIGG kick-off meeting took place on the 13th of September at Roskilde University with delegates from all 6 partner organisations. Besides planning upcoming project events and activities there was also time for fruitful discussions and knowledge sharing about opportunities for biomass utilisation in the participating regions and principles that should be part of a common framework for a sustainable bioeconomy in the South Baltic Area.
During the next 3 years the BioBIGG project will be working on mobilising innovation efforts and business opportunities for SMEs based on unutilised biomass-materials found along agro-industrial value chains in the South Baltic Area. The project is funded by the