Europe faces a serious challenge with food waste. Each year, we generate around 58 million tonnes of food and organic residues. At the same time, the agricultural sector needs reliable, sustainable fertilisers. This makes the topic of food waste to fertiliser more relevant than ever.
Reducing waste at the source remains essential. However, some organic residues will always be unavoidable. LANDFEED tackles this problem by recovering nutrients from these leftover streams and converting them into bio-based fertilisers.
Our researchers work with many different materials, including dairy by-products, olive mill waste, animal waste, wastewater and HORECA leftovers. They test and develop advanced technologies such as solid-state fungal fermentation and microalgae coatings for slow-release nitrogen. These methods help reduce pollution, increase local fertiliser production and support a more circular agricultural system.
This approach shows how food waste to fertiliser can become part of a sustainable solution for European agriculture.
Watch the video to see how LANDFEED transforms unavoidable food waste into a valuable resource for healthier soils and a more sustainable Europe.