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I-RoBi - Using rush from moorland sites as an industrial raw material

Authority

Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft und Verbraucherschutz

Federal State

Lower Saxony and Hamburg

Contact

Calenberger Straße 2
30169 Hannover

Website: External link to the authority

Project Title

I-RoBi - Using rush from moorland sites as an industrial raw material

Project description

As a renewable raw material, rush is available regionally and can contribute to ecological sustainability by replacing conventional raw materials and growing in moorland, a habitat that serves as a CO2 reservoir. Rewetted moorland is also suitable for the cultivation of rushes.As part of the project, harvesting and raw material utilisation concepts for rushes are to be developed that take into account the special challenges of rush harvesting.The expected results include the optimal harvesting of rushes on boggy permanent grassland. Preparation and processing methods will be developed. In addition, the processed rushes will be converted into fibre form for various application scenarios, e.g. as an insulating material and/or filler in plastic compounds, in order to demonstrate the potential for industrial use.The project will be completed by characterising the materials in all relevant stages and a final life cycle assessment, which is intended to show the sustainability potential of this solution approach, taking into account the CO2 savings potential.

 

Final report

Results and the Final report will be found here, as soon as the project is completed.

Keywords

  • Landscape/land management
  • Climate change (incl. GHG reduction, adaptation and mitigation, and other air related issues)
  • Agro-ecology
  • Farm diversification

Main funding source

Rural development 2023-2027 for Operational Groups (in the sense of Art 127 of Reg. 2021/2115)

OG contact information

Hochschule Hannover IfBB - Institut für Biokunststoffe und Bioverbundwerkstoffe
Heisterbergallee 10a
30453 Hannover

Phone: 0511 35324811

Email: andrea.siebert-raths@hs-hannover.de

Type of OG partners

  • Farmer
  • Researcher
  • Industry

Begin of project

2024

Project status

ongoing

Total budget applied for in EUR

317,920

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