Developing and testing of processes, techniques and products based on residues from fruit and vegetable production.

Testing of horticultural waste streams as bedding material for the breeding of insects.

Testing of a small scale chipboard production unit and individual process steps. 

Building and testing of a pilot facility for the production of green pesticides.

Finding the optimal logistic solutions for harvesting and collecting of vegetable residues. 

Pilot projects have been set up to extract natural plant pigments from fruit and vegetable by-product waste. Currently Blackberry, Beetroot, Tomato and Strawberry are being investigated.

Learning material on horticulture and bioeconomy.

In the proof of concept, the feasibility of an efficient horticultural waste-to-nutrient solution is tested in a small scale production facility.

Testing of stabilisation and conservation techniques on the main horticultural waste streams.

A virtual web based platform that provides information about new and innovative applications of horticultural waste.

Regional platforms are established in the three regions to stimulate the bioeconomy.

Inventory that describes the present state of horticultural bioeconomy which is input for the development of a strategy/approach to stimulate the transition of the horticulture to a bioeconomy.