toine.timmermans@wur

This piece of analysis sits within REFRESH Work Package 6 (WP6): Valorisation of waste streams and co-products. The final objective of this Work Package is to increase the exploitation of food and packaging waste by helping business stakeholders to identify in which conditions a valorisation option is (economically) feasible by providing clear guidance on cost-benefits of valorisation (WP6_Obj6). Assessing practical economic feasibility of new valorisation options often falls short through (1) leaders of novel valorisation pathways presenting incomplete costs models (thereby underestimating costs) and (2) insufficient awareness of economies of scale, often turning out disadvantageously for (small scale) innovative solutions. Through a case study this REFRESH WP6 deliverable presents a methodology for a well-underpinned assessment of practical economic feasibility.

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