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In recent years, driven by the decarbonization goals of the Fit for 55 package and the energy crisis triggered by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the European Union has rediscovered biomethane as a strategic resource. However, biomethane is not only a newfound player in Europe’s energy mix, it is also a perfect example of the benefits of the circular economy. In fact, biomethane is obtained from the purification of biogas, which is produced through the anaerobic digestion of matrices such as organic waste, livestock manure, agricultural residues and wastewater sludge.

Its production offers farmers a new source of income and improves soil quality through its by-product, digestate, which is used as an organic fertilizer. Finally, under certain conditions it can also promote industrial symbiosis, in the future, even fostering the creation of industrial clusters where one company’s waste becomes a resource for another. We talked about it in this article published on the Circular Economy for Food website, a project of the University of Grastronomical Sciences in Pollenzo, for which it was originally written.

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