The main results achieved in this project are:

Saving
50% of the integrated plant’s operating costs compared to a traditional bio-digestion plant and a thermo-chemical reactor operating independently.
100% valorisation of the digestate generated in the anaerobic process.

Recovery of more than
90% of the phosphorus contained in the digestate as a slow release fertilizer (struvite), which offers as advantages the reduction of toxicity to plants and nitrogen losses to the soil.
100% valorisation of sub-products generated during pyrolysis of non-recyclable wastes as carbon pellets and bio-fuels.
100% energy valorisation of gaseous streams (biogas and syngas) in a co-generator engine.
100% reduction of the environmental impact associated with landfill disposal of non-recyclable fraction proceeding from waste treatment plants.