During the first half of the project, the ReNu2Cycle partners have blended, prototyped and demonstrated recycling derived fertilisers (RDF) on farms in Ireland, Belgium, Germany and Luxemburg. The goal was and is to assess their suitability for adoption by farmers in the North West Europe region: RDF blends were identified and applied for demonstration on the working farms, followed by an agro-economical assessment.
What did we learn so far from the different regions about the different types of RDFs, the impact of RDF blending, the types of application for these RDFs, the availability of RDFs, etc?
ReNu2Cycle organises a (free) webinar on Thursday 13 November to present and discuss the results of the RDF application and demonstration halfway the project. They team up with the partners of the bioSoilutions project, a research project that focusses on blends of bio-waste derived soil improvers.
Agenda
1. Welcome and introduction to the ReNu2Cycle project
Katja Weiler, project coordinator at IZES - 5 min
2. The application of recycling derived fertilisers
Led by Prof Achim Schmalenberger, University of Limerick – 40 minutes
- Setting up pot and field trials at demonstration sites in Belgium, Ireland and Germany: what was the objective and what are the lessons learned? Inagro (BE) and Teagasc (IE) explain their methodology.
- Q&A on the demonstration: why were certain blends used, what did we learn from the trials, what did we learn on blending and the different types of applications, ...?
3. What are the major bottlenecks for adopting RDFs?
Led by Prof Annmarie Ryan, University of Limerick – 40 minutes
Through a living lab approach, participants can give their ideas to come to a better understand what the bottlenecks are for adopting RDFs and their marketisation. Topics addressed will be availability, reliability and legislation.
4. Presentation of the BioSoilutions project
Led by Rajpal Shetty (Postdoc Researcher), University of Ghent - 30 minutes
- Project overview and main objective of the project, the rationale behind the production of blended soil improvers (frass- and struvite-based formulations) and preliminary validation results.
- Conclusion – key takeaways and next steps
- Q&A
Register for our webinar
13 November 2025 | 14h00 to 16h00
Join us to learn about circular fertilisers.
This is the first webinar in a series of three webinars co-organised by the ReNu2Cycle project, as part of their mid-term event.
- Webinar 2 is on aligning policy to practices and innovation
- Webinar 3 is on the Life Cycle Assessment of RDF blends.
These webinars are supported by the ESNI Community, part of the Biorefine Cluster Europe.
BioSoilutions has been funded by the European Union’s funding Programme for Research and Innovation Horizon Europe. ReNu2Cycle is co-funded by Interreg North West Europe.
