FERTIMANURE Project: Nutrient Recovery from Animal Manure for High-Value Fertilisers

This report presents the capitalisation of results from the FERTIMANURE project, an EU Horizon 2020 initiative (grant No. 862849) led by LEITAT, focusing on innovative nutrient recovery from animal manure and secondary sources. It details a comprehensive database of 163 projects on nutrient recycling, manure management, and bio-based fertilisers, sourced from partners, the ESPP, and Biorefine Cluster Europe. Findings show 55% of projects are European, 38% national, and 7% international, with 93% of the €320M total budget from European funding (e.g., H2020, LIFE+, BBI). Key projects include Nutri2cycle, LEX4BIO, SYSTEMIC, ReNU2Farm, BioEcoSIM, ReuseWaste, and IF2O-COOPERL, selected for stakeholder meetings to identify synergies, avoid duplication, and enhance impact. The report covers technologies such as slurry acidification, phosphorus filtering, biorefinery conversion of organic waste, digestate-based fertilisers, pyrolysis, hydrothermal carbonisation, and algal-based phosphorus delivery. Additional initiatives include bio-effectors for crop nutrition, pig carcass valorisation, micronutrient fertilisers, and tools for manure quality assessment and municipal nutrient recycling. The report was prepared by Anna Lloveras (Leitat) and approved by the consortium on 28 January 2021.