IASIS

The IASIS project, coordinated by CRES (Center for Renewable Energy Sources and saving, Greece) and involving 18 partners from 7 countries, universities, research centers and companies, aims to offer solutions for restoring contaminated and saline land through phytomanagement. Non-food crops are grown on 7 pilot sites in Greece, Belgium, France, Poland, Portugal and Italy to provide biomass as raw material for the development of bioproducts for the biocontrol and construction sectors, using a cascading biorefinery approach via economically viable value chains. Farmers and landscapers will play an active role in the rehabilitation of contaminated and/or saline soils, providing a sustainable raw material for value-added non-food applications.

 

Three Waste2Bio partners are involved: ULiège, Celabor and UCLouvain. In addition, Duferco Wallonie is providing a site to serve as a Belgian pilot site.