Abstract
Although there is a significant progress in treatment technologies, Olive Mills Wastewater (OMWW) remains a source of environmental degradation to olive-oil producing regions. In this paper, the management of OMWW is examined as a trigger for a bio-economic industrial symbiosis, based on the valorisation of OMWW for biopolymers and bioenergy production. In addition, the valorisation of OMWW is considered in an eco-industrial context, as a node of a wider network of material, energy and information exchanges. The aim of the paper is to discuss the benefits and the feasibility of such a venture from a technical, economic, as well as social perspective using the context of a specific prefecture in Greece as a reference implementation environment.
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Mouzakitis, Y., Aminalragia-Giamini, R., Adamides, E.D. (2017). From the Treatment of Olive Mills Wastewater to Its Valorisation: Towards a Bio-economic Industrial Symbiosis. In: Campana, G., Howlett, R., Setchi, R., Cimatti, B. (eds) Sustainable Design and Manufacturing 2017. SDM 2017. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 68. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57078-5_26
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