Successful mid-term event for the ReNu2Cycle project
In November and December 2025, the ReNu2Cycle project hosted three well attended webinars as part of their mid-term event, focused on promoting circularity in agriculture by advancing the use of recycling-derived fertilisers (RDFs) across Northwest Europe.
1. Adopting Circular Fertilisers in Agriculture: Opportunities & Challenges | 13/11/2025
The first webinar in the series explored real-world applications and demonstrations of recycled fertilisers. Project partners showcased results from pot and field trials conducted on farms in Belgium, Ireland, Germany and Luxembourg to evaluate how different RDF blends perform agronomically. Almost 40 participants discussed lessons learned about the implementation and blending of RDFs, practical bottlenecks to broader adoption, and how living labs and co-innovation with farmers can address these challenges.
Read more about the first webinar.
2. Aligning Policy, Practice & Innovation for Sustainable Agriculture | 25/11/2025
The second webinar took a policy-focused approach, examining how existing and emerging European frameworks can better support sustainable nutrient management and adoption of circular fertiliser solutions. Co-hosted with the NutriBudget project, this high-level event brought together around 80 experts and policymakers to discuss the role of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and the EU Circular Economy Action Plan in shaping incentives and regulatory environments.
Read more about the second webinar.
3. Sustainability Assessment of Fertilisers for Future Farming | 02/12/2025
The final webinar in the series presented ReNu2Cycle’s newly developed methodology for assessing the sustainability of recycling-derived fertilisers compared with conventional mineral fertilisers. Project partners introduced a framework of ecological, economic and social indicators designed to transparently evaluate RDFs from a life-cycle perspective. The session offered a first look at indicator-based results and stimulated discussion around data collection challenges, multi-criteria interpretation, and how sustainability assessments can support farmer decision-making and policy development.