The WasteReuse project in collaboration with the European Economic and Social Committee organised a stakeholders Forum on Tuesday 12th May 2015, in Brussels.<\/p>\n
The Forum, entitled “Towards Sustainable Use of Agricultural Waste” provided briefing on latest research results and practical experiences regarding the sustainability of agricultural and organic waste types to be reused in farming and will give an opportunity to environmental and agricultural sector representatives and to other stakeholders to discuss the key challenges related to sustainable agriculture and waste treatment and to contribute in these areas.<\/p>\n
At the Opening session\u00a0Ms Dilyana Slavova<\/b>, President, NAT Section, EESC and\u00a0Mr Angelo Innamorati<\/a><\/b>, Official, European Commission, DG Agriculture and Rural Development, Unit Environment, Forestry and climate change, addressed the Forum participants, presented the views of the EESC and EC respectively, in relation to Agricultural Waste.<\/p>\n Prof. Konstantinos Komnitsas<\/a><\/b>, the WasteReuse Project Coordinator, presented an overview of WasteReuse research results and the project’s contribution on the\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>sustainable use of Agricultural Waste<\/p>\n _________<\/p>\n Dr Federico Tinivella <\/b>moderated the debate at the Session \u00a0“Greening the EU agriculture – Incentives and benefits for sustainable agriculture<\/em>” where:<\/p>\n <\/b>Mr Patrick Wrixon<\/a><\/b>, President of EISA, presented the Integrated Farming, an initiative for Sustainable Development in Agriculture.<\/p>\n Dr.\u00a0Andreas Stamer<\/a><\/b>, \u00a0FiBL, Research Institute of Organic Agriculture, provided a\u00a0new approach to use organic waste in agriculture and it\u2019s relation to the development of the organic market of the Insect technology.<\/p>\n Prof. Nikos Nikolaidis<\/a><\/b>, Technical University of Crete, presented the concept of\u00a0Agricultural Sustainability-by-Design, focusing on\u00a0Soil Functions, Soil Services and Trade-offs.<\/p>\n ________<\/p>\n Dr\u00a0Maria Teresa Hernandez Fernandez<\/b>\u00a0<\/b>moderated the debate at the Session “Challenges and Solutions in the Mediterranean Countries and in the rest of Europe for the reuse of agricultural waste<\/em>” where:<\/p>\n Dr. Roberto Altieri<\/a><\/b>, Institute for Agricultural and Forest Systems in the Mediterranean, presented a quality assessment of a simplified method for olive mill waste composting<\/p>\n Mr Wim Vanden Auweele<\/a><\/b>, Chair of the European Compost Network\u2019s Working Group on ‘Quality Assurance for Compost and Digestate’ presented Quality Aspects of recycled biowaste in relation to the ECN-QAS Label (European Quality Assurance Scheme for Compost and Digestive)<\/p>\n Dr Kostas Chartzoulakis<\/a><\/b>, Institute for Olive Tree and Subtropical Plants, presented alternative technologies for olive mill wastewater management with emphasis on soil application<\/p>\n