Shear Innovation: Valorising wool waste using biotechnology to enhance horticultural peat-free growing media

剪切创新：利用生物技术提高羊毛废料的价值，以增强园艺无泥炭生长介质

• 批准号: 10106787
• 金额: $ 11.21万
• 依托单位: SILVIBIO LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Launchpad
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2024 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10106787
• 关键词: Shear; Innovation; Valorising; wool; waste

The sheep industry is a defining feature across Scotland and the UK. According to InnovateUK KTN's recent Wool Innovation Action Plan, sheep rearing is* "the foundation of rural economies where there are limited alternative employment opportunities"* "contributes £291.4m to the economy"* "employs 34,000 people on farms and...111,405 jobs in allied industries."Although this industry's main product is lamb, in 2021 the UK exported 36 million kilograms of wool worth $58 million (USD),"in 2020 UK farmers were receiving just 15-30p per fleece, yet paying more than £1 to have each sheep sheared".The report declares wool "a readily available, largely wasted resource," calling for innovation to create new uses for wool and its byproducts. Furthermore, less than 50% of wool entering the value chain is ultimately usable as textiles, leaving the majority as waste and byproduct materials amounting to at least 35 million kgs in 2021 (FAOSTAT).Simultaneously, the UK's 2030 peat ban is causing financial and technical challenges for professional growers accustomed to using peat. Here, DEFRA predicts that these over 15,000 growers--including food, ornamental and tree seedling producers--will face:* £192.6m transition cost over the coming decade* £456.1m in profit losses due to increased costs of using peat-free mediaThese staggering costs will harm an industry that operates on thin margins and is essential to British food security. Here, the House of Lords Horticulture sector committee's "Sowing the Seeds" report notes "Businesses cannot make the transition to peat-free without financial support for R&D." The report highlights grower concerns surrounding imported materials, "...we are supplanting...\[emissions savings\]...with emissions resulting from importing alternatives such as coir, effectively exporting our carbon footprint."Our project seeks to answer these two distinct needs by creating a circular and sustainable peat-free growing media for professional growers that incorporates wool waste. Here, we will use and develop our proprietary microorganism and enzyme blend to process wool mill waste streams to unlock their horticultural potential and mechanically process wool waste to improve its mixability. This will not only answer grower's needs but also provide a new, non-competing supply chain for wool waste materials.

绵羊行业是苏格兰和英国的一项定义功能。根据Innovateuk KTN最近的羊毛创新行动计划的说法，养羊是*“农村经济的基础，在农村经济的基础上有限的替代就业机会”*“*“对经济的贡献2.914亿英镑”*“*”在农场上雇用了34,000人，在农场和... 111,405个工业中的工作。 （美元），“ 2020年，英国农民每只羊毛只收到15-30便士，但要支付超过1英镑的羊毛剪切。此外，只有不到50％的进入价值链的羊毛最终可用作纺织品，将大多数作为废物和副产品材料至少为2021年至少3500万公斤（faostat）（FAOSTAT）（相比之下），英国的2030年泥炭禁令造成了对使用Peak的专业发展的财务和技术挑战。在这里，Defra预测，这些增长超过15,000种增长 - 包括观赏性和树幼苗生产商 - 将面对：* 1.926亿英镑的过渡成本在未来十年中* 4.561亿英镑的利润损失，由于使用无峰值的媒体介绍的成本增加而增加，这将损害对薄薄层和稀薄的稀少型和英国人对英国食品的危害。在这里，上议院园艺部门委员会的“播种种子”报告指出：“如果没有研发的经济支持，企业将无法过渡到泥炭。”该报告强调了围绕进口材料的种植者担忧：“ ...我们正在取代……\ [排放节省\] ...由于进口诸如Coir之类的替代方案（有效地导出了我们的碳足迹）所产生的排放。”我们的项目旨在通过创建圆形和可持续的无与伦比的生长媒体来解决这两种独特的需求，以使无用的生长媒体生长为专业的生长，从而使羊毛造型融合了羊毛材料。在这里，我们将使用并开发专有的微生物和酶混合物来处理羊毛磨坊废物流，以释放其马匹潜力，并机械地处理羊毛废物以提高其混合性。这不仅可以满足种植者的需求，而且还可以为羊毛废料提供新的非竞争供应链。