Agricultural residues can be a gold mine
image: Nofima website
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Every year there is an excess of 415,000 tons of residual raw materials in Norwegian agriculture. A lot is used for animal feed, but the potential for how vegetable peelings, animal fat and grain residues can be used better is huge.
For the first time the volumes and types of residual materials in Norwegian agriculture have been assessed. On behalf of Nofima and Innovation Norway, researchers at Nofima have recently published a report that provides a good picture of the current status in the industry. Previously, access to residual raw materials in the marine sector has been thoroughly assessed in Norway.
“The goal of the assessment has been to obtain a better overview of the volume, composition, quality, application and new possibilities for the use of residual raw material from Norwegian industrial processing of cereals, meat, vegetable oils, fruit, berries, vegetables and potato,” says Nofima researcher Diana Lindberg, who was responsible for the report.
“This is a very useful report that will stimulate innovation and increased added value from Norwegian biological raw materials,” says Ole Jørgen Marvik, special advisor with Innovation Norway’s section for bio-based industries. “With the new bio-economy scheme that is currently being launched, we’re looking forward to helping develop new refining processes and sustainable products.
