Objectives
MAIN GOAL
VALUATION OF THE RESIDUE GENERATED IN THE PROCESS OF EXTRACTION OF OLIVE OIL:
The main objective of the project is to achieve to valorize the waste coming from olive oil extraction turning it in raw material for other ecological products and reducing the distrust caused by this waste in society due to its high polluting power.
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Design and start-up of a new process in olive oil mills that will allow transforming the waste generated in olive oil extraction into two new by-products through physics methods.
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Creation and validation of the new products obtained from the by-products generated during the process. These products will be efficient, zero waste and ecological, and will act as biostimulants for crops, improving their sanitary status, generating fruits rich in bioactive compounds with high added value and increasing their durability in postharvest or as a functional animal food; due to the great content of these by-products in monounsaturated fatty acids and antioxidants.
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Reduce the amount of waste generated in olive oil industry, pollution generated, and energy required for waste disposal process.
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Include olive oil industry within circular economy.
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Better agricultural and livestock products derived from the use of the created products.