Impacts of microplastics, antibiotics and pesticides in soil amended with digestates – 3IMPACT

PRIN 2022 Luise

Abstract

Anaerobic digestion treatment of organic waste is a viable strategy to produce energy and the digestate (D) obtained can be used as an organic fertiliser to replace mineral fertilisers. Although the high agricultural value of digestate is known, the presence of possible pollutants such as microplastics (MP), antibiotics, pesticides and potentially toxic elements (PTE) is not as well known. The 3IMPACT project aims to assess the environmental impact of the agricultural application of D as an organic fertiliser through the characterisation of MP, antibiotics, pesticides and PTE and the interaction of these compounds in D of different origins and their impact on the soil.

Dettagli del progetto

Responsabile scientifico: Diana Luise

Strutture Unibo coinvolte:
Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Agro-Alimentari

Coordinatore:
Università  degli Studi di PERUGIA(Italy)

Contributo totale Unibo: Euro (EUR) 64.936,00
Durata del progetto in mesi: 24
Data di inizio 12/10/2023
Data di fine: 28/02/2026

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