Degradation of antibiotics for safe reuse of livestock residues in agriculture

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Project Description

The project addresses antibiotic pollution, a major threat to human and animal health. Conventional treatments like WWTPs, composting, and anaerobic degradation help reduce pollutants, but livestock residues still release persistent contaminants into soils and aquifers.

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Project Context

• Antibiotic pollution is a major threat to human and animal health. • Conventional residue/effluent treatments (WWTPs, composting and anaerobic degradation) are effective in removing emergent pollutants. • Livestock residues are inevitably released into the environment, loading soils and aquifers with recalcitrant pollutants. • Dissemination of highly recalcitrant pollutants in the environment is considered a challenging issue worldwide.

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Project Objectives

  • • Develop novel technologies for the treatment of livestock residues. • Safe reuse of organic waste for agriculture. • Mitigate the adverse environmental effect of emergent pollutants. • Provide the proof of concept for obtaining safe liquid or solid fertilizers. • Obtain safe organic fertilizers at the pilot-scale.
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Project Impact

  • The goal is to develop new technologies for treating livestock waste, enabling its safe reuse in agriculture. It also aims to reduce environmental risks and produce safe liquid or solid fertilizers at pilot scale for use in the agri-food sector.
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Expected Project Outputs

  • • Develop novel technologies for the treatment of livestock residues. • Safe reuse of organic waste for agriculture. • Mitigate the adverse environmental effect of emergent pollutants. • Provide the proof of concept for obtaining safe liquid or solid fertilizers. • Obtain safe organic fertilizers at the pilot-scale.
ASARI - Degradation of antibiotics for safe reuse of livestock residues in agriculture
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