AgriWasteValue Interreg NWE

Despite a difficult economical context these last years in Europe, some sectors like the cosmetic and nutraceutical field are significantly growing. While the European cosmetic sector is estimated at 72 billion €, the nutraceutical sector is also a growing sector as consumers are more concerned about health, population aging and the positive image of natural products. The European food supplement market is expected to increase to 10.3 billion € by 2020. These sectors are characterized by a strong demand from consumers to return to natural products from local resources. Currently, the majority of natural actives used in cosmetic or nutraceutical formulations are imported to Europe, while a great diversity of resources is present in the North-West Regions. A large amount of by-products and residues in covered areas known for their arboriculture and viticulture sectors are not fully exploited for the sourcing of natural actives and are not used. The aim of the AgriWasteValue project is to transform agricultural by-products and residues from the European North-West regions into bioactive compounds in order to use them in key industrial sectors such as the cosmetic and nutraceutical fields and then in a second phase in the energy, chemical and agricultural fields. How does the process work? Innovative and scalable methods such as environmentally-friendly extraction and biochemical treatment will be put in place in order to obtain biosolvants and biobased chemicals. The project works towards the creation of sustainable value chains and “zero-waste” biobased operations. Partners of the project : - AgroParisTech, France - Celabor, Belgium - Cosmetic Valley, France - Delphy, Netherlands - Eurasanté, France - Prüf-und Forschungsinstitut Pirmasens e.V., Germany - University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne, France - ValBiom, Belgium - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, Switzerland