Storing recycled fertilizers in Biokymppi's property in Kitee. The biogas plant digestate is mostly suitable to be used as fertilizers and dressing. The biogas is produced in a ...

Field tests in Kitee, Finland. Photo: Tanja Myllyviita It is essential to understand what kind of fertilizers are to be produced from the process and to adjust the technologies accor...

In this project, the cost-effectiveness of digestate fertilizers from the farmers’ perspective is assessed. The main target is to assess the viable price range for the recycled fertili...

Technology for spreading the recycled fertilizers. Photo: Ari-Matti Seppänen Unprocessed biogas digestate is not a straightforward fertilizer from the farmers’ perspective. N...

Spreading the recycled fertilizers in Kitee. Photo: Antti Kokkonen The aim of this project is to develop in collaboration with farmers recycled fertilizers which are efficient, safe to us...

The fertilization effect of concentrated processed digestate is tested in field tests with typical crops: cereal, grass and greenhouse cucumber. In these field tests, processed digestate is comp...

For example cattle manure can be used as raw material for recycled fertilizers. Photo: Tapio Heikkilä Biogas production is based on a multiphase composition process generated by mic...

EIP operational groups increase profitability, efficiency and sustainability of the agriculture and other primary production. Operational groups are developing a substantial innovation for agricultur...

The Finnish government is aiming at increasing nutrient recycling. The aim is that in 2025 half of the farm animals’ manure and wastewater treatment plant sludge is recycled. Biogas production c...

The main partner in this project is Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE). Other partners are Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Karelia University of Applied Sciences, BioKymppi (biogas plant...

The United Nations Agenda 2030 puts binding goals on countries for the promotion of sustainable well-being. However, research indicates that Finland cannot achieve these goals because our ecological s......

Plan4Blue brings together the key blue growth and maritime spatial planning actors from Estonia and Finland to identify pathways to sustainable use of the sea areas and resources. The collaborative pr...

The collaborative project of Finnish Environment Institute and Natural Resources Institute Finland during years 2018-2020 primarily targets at developing sustainable business models for actors in cir...

Local authorities have the possibility to join Finland's largest joint procurement of cars powered by electricity and natural gas. The goal of the joint procurement by the Finnish Environment Institut......

A high-level international panel of scientific experts will convene in Helsinki on 12 and 13 December. It will prepare assessments based on research data and draw up recommendations to achieve the goa......

  Transition to a circular economy is seen as an essential condition to respond to the challenge of the sustainable use of natural resources in the future. The Transition Pathways To...

  Final HAZBREF Stakeholder Conference  The final conference was arranged as a webinar on 4 of June 2020. The webinar Agenda:   HAZBREF Webinar Final ...

  Report "Sectoral Guidance for Chemicals Management in the Textile Industry" is now available.  Download the report by clicking the link b...

  Identification of target substances (Work Package 2) Leader of the work package is German Environmental Agency (UBA). This work package consists of two groups of activiti...

  The draft report 'Method to include information on hazardous and other substances of concern more systematically into BREFs' is now available for comments! D...