♻️💡 Recovery of agro-industrial waste: whey and slurry

The transition to a cleaner and more circular energy model requires new ways of managing organic waste. In this context, whey – a by-product of the cheese industry – and cattle slurry – from livestock farms – represent a double environmental challenge and a great opportunity.

🌱 Why it matters

Both wastes are generated in large quantities and have a high organic load, making them ideal candidates for recovery through anaerobic digestion.

🔬 How Anaerobic Digestion Works

Biological process that, without oxygen, transforms organic matter into:

• Biogas, a renewable energy source rich in methane.
• Digestate, a by-product useful as an organic fertilizer.

✅ Conclusion

Co-digestion not only mitigates the environmental impact of these complex wastes, but converts them into valuable resources: clean energy and nutrients for the soil.

🌍 This project, framed in the Repsol Foundation Energy Transition Classroom, reaffirms the importance of innovation in the use of agro-industrial by-products, aligning itself with the European objectives of climate neutrality and circular economy.

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