The 6th Project Coordination Meeting for the European AccelWater project took place the last three days of February (February 27-29, 2024) in Vic, Barcelona. The 6th PCM was organized by the Spanish partners and more specifically by the BETA Technological Institute, the meat processing industry MAFRICA S.A., and INNOVACC Clúster català de la carn i…
Just recently, a profile piece for AccelWater that we wrote for the Open Acces Government October 2023 issue was published. The profile can be found in pages 392-393, under the “Environment” section and describes how the AccelWater project is optimising freshwater consumption in the food and beverage industry to reduce its environmental impact. Open Access…
A literature review funded from our project, has just been accepted for publishing in ELSEVIER’s Journal of Cleaner Production (volume 425). The review is a joint collaboration between are partners, MATIS and UoI, as well as University of Padova’s Quality and Environmental Research Centre. Its title is “Current status and future research needs on the…
AGENSO presented the AccelWater project on a workshop during the 2nd day of the Water Innovation and Circularity Conference (WICC). The conference was organized by the Sanitary Engineering Laboratory of the Department of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering of the School of Civil Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens the and Hellenic Water…
The 5th Project Coordination Meeting of the AccelWater project was held between May 30th and June 1st 2023. It was organized by MATIS and took place at the Hótel Reykjavík Grand in Reykjavik, Iceland. All Work Package Leaders participated, as well as the majority of the consortium members. According to the agenda, after a welcome…
On May 26th 2023, representatives from AGENSO and NTUA visited the Industrial Area of Patras, and more specifically two of the industries participating in the Industrial Symbiosis Demonstrator (WP 3), namely Athenian Brewery and FrieslandCampina Hellas. They were guided to the premises of the two industries, where they inspected the installations of the UF &…
On April 21st 2023, CT-BETA, Mafrica and INNOVACC organized a Circularity Day of resources in the meat industry in the University of Manresa. A total of 60 participants from meat industries, research centres, public health agency, different manufactures for industrial processes, among others, attended the workshop. The workshop is part of the European AccelWater project,…
On April 4th, members from the AGENSO’s AccelWater team traveled to the premises of KYKNOS S.A. Greek Canning Company in Savalia, Amaliada, Greece for a meeting. KYKNOS is one of the oldest and largest industries in Greece, dating back in 1915. They have been producing a wide variety of tomato products since their inception, such…
In the meeting entitled “Water management projects, Agriculture, Environment” held in the framework of the AgroThessaly Exhibition, the strong concern of producers and water management bodies about the supply of water in the coming years was discussed, among other things. The CEO of AGENSO, Zisis Tsiropoulos, spoke about the importance of the circular economy combined…
Our partners, MATIS, are participating in the 1st Bremerhaven Conference on Blue Economy and Fish Processing, a hybrid event that will take place in Bremerhaven and online (March 15th and 16th 2023). It is organized by ttz Bremerhaven. This conference aims to give an overview about the current challenges, trends and perspectives for the European…