Grassification
Grassification
Priority Axis
Resource Efficient EconomySpecific objective
Circular Economy
Belgium/Flanders
Ghent University
Lead partner
address
Contact
Project budget
4 421 681 €ERDF amount
2 534 311 €ERDF rate
57%Begindatum
01/03/2018Einddatum
28/02/2021Common challenge
Roadside grass clippings are a problem fraction throughout the 2 Seas Programme area due to their high volume, subject to high processing costs. The industrial sector, however, is interested in the possibility of using roadside grass clippings as an alternative resource (as opposed to fossil sources or dedicated agricultural produce).
The common challenges for applying roadside grass clippings as a renewable feedstock in industrial processes are currently threefold:
- the supply chains are not yet optimal, resulting in higher costs
- a highly variable and heterogeneous supply
- an unsupportive institutional framework leading to legal and political challenges
The opportunities to be addressed by the Grassification project can thus be situated at different levels of the roadside grass clippings value chain, hindering altogether the use of grass clippings by the industry as a renewable resource (and thus hampering the pursuit of a biobased and circular economy).
Overall objective
Main outputs
Cross border approach
Partners
Belgium/Flanders
Province of West Flanders
Belgium/Flanders
Pro Natura
Belgium/Flanders
Flemish Institute for Technological Research
Belgium/Flanders
Inagro
Belgium/Flanders
University College Ghent
Belgium/Flanders
Vanheede Landfill Solutions NV
England
Kent Wildlife Trust
Netherlands
Millvision
Netherlands
Delphy BV
Netherlands
Avans University Applied Science
Belgium/Flanders
Innec CVBA
England