TY - GEN
T1 - Olive Mill Wastes in the Mediterranean
T2 - 2nd Euro-Mediterranean Conference on Environmental Integration, EMCEI 2019
AU - Marks, Evan
AU - Akrout, Hanene
AU - Kinigopoulou, Vasiliki
AU - Doulgeris, Charalampos
AU - Jellali, Salah
AU - Rad, Carlos
AU - Zulueta, Paula Sánchez
AU - Tziritis, Evangelos
AU - El-Bassi, Leila
AU - Jeguirim, Mejdi
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Olive mill wastes in the Mediterranean continue to be a management challenge due to the large volumes produced. Their recycling in agricultural systems may be improved, with multiple benefits for the environment and soil protection, while promoting the circular economy. Information on amounts and physicochemical properties of olive mill wastes will help the development of sustainable strategies to convert them into fertilizers or soil amendments in the Mediterranean Basin. To this end, we obtained up-to-date data on olive production and generation of wastes in Spain, Tunisia, and Greece and characterized representative samples in the laboratory in terms of their agronomic properties. We then made calculations of the total quantities of nutrients and matter which may be recycled in agriculture. More particularly, annual mineral ash contained in the waste streams of the three countries amounts to 137 thousand tons per year. Solid waste properties were more homogenous than wastewater properties, indicating that local management and production conditions in three-phase mills is more diverse, so standardization of conversion technologies is likely to be easier for two-phase mills.
AB - Olive mill wastes in the Mediterranean continue to be a management challenge due to the large volumes produced. Their recycling in agricultural systems may be improved, with multiple benefits for the environment and soil protection, while promoting the circular economy. Information on amounts and physicochemical properties of olive mill wastes will help the development of sustainable strategies to convert them into fertilizers or soil amendments in the Mediterranean Basin. To this end, we obtained up-to-date data on olive production and generation of wastes in Spain, Tunisia, and Greece and characterized representative samples in the laboratory in terms of their agronomic properties. We then made calculations of the total quantities of nutrients and matter which may be recycled in agriculture. More particularly, annual mineral ash contained in the waste streams of the three countries amounts to 137 thousand tons per year. Solid waste properties were more homogenous than wastewater properties, indicating that local management and production conditions in three-phase mills is more diverse, so standardization of conversion technologies is likely to be easier for two-phase mills.
KW - Carbon
KW - Nitrogen
KW - Olive mill solid waste
KW - Olive mill wastewater
KW - Organic matter
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-51210-1_172
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-51210-1_172
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85106185777
SN - 9783030512095
T3 - Environmental Science and Engineering
SP - 1097
EP - 1101
BT - Recent Advances in Environmental Science from the Euro-Mediterranean and Surrounding Regions - Proceedings of 2nd Euro-Mediterranean Conference for Environmental Integration, EMCEI-2 2019
A2 - Ksibi, Mohamed
A2 - Ghorbal, Achraf
A2 - Chakraborty, Sudip
A2 - Chaminé, Helder I.
A2 - Barbieri, Maurizio
A2 - Guerriero, Giulia
A2 - Hentati, Olfa
A2 - Negm, Abdelazim
A2 - Lehmann, Anthony
A2 - Römbke, Jörg
A2 - Costa Duarte, Armando
A2 - Xoplaki, Elena
A2 - Khélifi, Nabil
A2 - Colinet, Gilles
A2 - Miguel Dias, João
A2 - Gargouri, Imed
A2 - Van Hullebusch, Eric D.
A2 - Sánchez Cabrero, Benigno
A2 - Ferlisi, Settimio
A2 - Tizaoui, Chedly
A2 - Kallel, Amjad
A2 - Rtimi, Sami
A2 - Panda, Sandeep
A2 - Michaud, Philippe
A2 - Sahu, Jaya Narayana
A2 - Seffen, Mongi
A2 - Naddeo, Vincenzo
PB - Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Y2 - 10 October 2019 through 13 October 2019
ER -