AccelWater @ INSE 2022

The AccelWater project, as well as its digital platform, were presented during an event titled “Sustainable Economy in Horizon Europe – International Networking & Matchmaking (INSE 2022)” in Warsaw, Poland (December 5th & 6th) as a part of the session: “Success stories from H2020 SPIRE projects and from less represented countries”. The participating partner was…

AccelWater’s pilot plant at MAFRICA enables progress towards “zero waste” strategies in the meat industry

The food and beverage industry accounts for 56% of global freshwater consumption for industrial use. In the meat sector, for example, pig slaughterhouses can use between 250 and 550 litres per head of animal slaughtered, with the cleaning of carcasses and equipment and sanitisation of facilities being the most water-intensive activities. In the case of…

4th Project Coordination Meeting in Greece

The 4th project coordination meeting took place in Athens, in November 2022 (14th and 15th). It was organized by AGENSO and most consortium members attended the meeting physically, while those who were unable to travel, participated through a video call. During the meeting, the progress in all four demonstrators was presented as well as the platform that…

Dissemination activities in Spain

A series of dissemination activites by INNOVACC and UVIC took place during September. First of all, on September 15th they participated in the Watertalks conference, which was organized by the Catalan Water partnership and the main theme of which was water management in the agri-food sector. INNOVACC, as a representative cluster of the meat and…

AccelWater at the 14th ISIE-SEM conference

The AccelWater digital platform approaches on Industrial Symbiosis and Circular Economy were presented by our partner, ICCS, both with an oral presentation as well as with a poster, at the 14th ISIE-SEM conference held between September 19th and 21st 2022 in Vienna, Austria. The conference was co-organised by the Vienna University of Economics and Business…

New conference paper from ICCS, NTUA and DIGNITY

A new conference paper by ICCS, NTUA and DIGNITY has been published in E3S Web of Conferences, as part of LCM2021 conference proceedings. Based on an oral presentation in the conference with abstract title “Industrial Symbiosis Marketplace Concept for Waste Valorization Pathways” addressing the topic: 8.4 Applied Digital Solutions – Connecting Green and Digital Transformations, a…

Webinar with Italian companies

On April 27th 2022, PRODAL and ANICAV from the tomato processing demonstrator in Italy, organized a webinar addressed to ANICAV’s members (ANICAV is an association representing companies operating in the sector of processing and conserving vegetable products). The webinar was attended by 30 representatives from different companies. During the webinar, the basic concept of the…

Press release for the Patras conference

As part of the European Union Green Week (EU Green Week), the Greek partners of the AccelWater research project are organizing on Thursday, June 2, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. a conference entitled “Circular Economy Opportunities for Greek Industries, Municipalities and Regions : AccelWater’s solutions’. The conference will take place in the city of Patras, and…

Organizing a seminar in the city of Patras

On Thursday, June 2, 2022, the Greek partners of the EU-funded project AccelWater are organizing a seminar on Circular Economy and Industrial Symbiosis in the city of Patras. As part of the event, the relevant strategies and opportunities of the EU for Greek industries (Industrial Symbiosis and Industry 5.0), regions, and cities (Circular Economy and…