Public documents

General Information

	URBIOFIN flyer	URBIOFIN poster
	updated in September 2021	updated in September 2021

URBIOFIN factsheets

For the Plastic Industry	For the Municipalities & Waste Management Companies	For the Bio-based fertiliser Industry	For Policy Makers
updated in September 2021	updated in September 2021	updated in November 2021	released in November 2021

Videos

Newsletters

  1st Newsletter (June 2017)

 2nd Newsletter (January 2018)

  3rd Newsletter (July 2018)

 4th Newsletter (November 2019)

 5th Newsletter (March 2020)

 6th Newsletter (September 2020) 

  7th Newsletter (September 2021)

  8th Newsletter (June 2022)

Publications

 Herman de Beukelaer, Marieke Hilhorst, Yarek Workala, Evelien Maaskant, Wouter Post.: Overview of the mechanical, thermal and barrier properties of biobased and/or biodegradable thermoplastic materials. Polymer Testing Journal. Accepted in September 2022.

Cristian Alfredo Severi, Víctor Pérez, Celia Pascual, Raúl Muñoz, Raquel Lebrero, Identification of critical operational hazards in a biogas upgrading pilot plant through a multi-criteria decision-making and FTOPSIS-HAZOP approach, Chemosphere, 2022, 135845, ISSN 0045-6535, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.135845.

Celia Pascual, Sara Cantera, Raúl Muñoz, Raquel Lebrero, Innovative polishing stage in biogas upgrading: Siloxanes abatement in an anoxic two-phase partitioning biotrickling filter, Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 371, 2022, 133427, ISSN 0959-6526, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.133427.

Celia Pascual, Raquel Lebrero & Sara Cantera (2022) Toward a sustainable and cost-efficient biological-based platform for siloxanes removal, Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, https://doi.org/10.1080/10643389.2022.2044254.

Iglesias, R.; Muñoz, R.; Polanco, M.; Díaz, I.; Susmozas, A.; Moreno, A.D.; Guirado, M.; Carreras, N.; Ballesteros, M. Biogas from Anaerobic Digestion as an Energy Vector: Current Upgrading Development. Energies 2021, 14, 2742. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14102742

Celia Pascual, Sara Cantera, Raúl Muñoz, Raquel Lebrero, Siloxanes removal in a two-phase partitioning biotrickling filter: Influence of the EBRT and the organic phase, Renewable Energy, Volume 177, 2021, Pages 52-60, ISSN 0960-1481, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2021.05.144

Víctor Pérez, César R. Mota, Raúl Muñoz, Raquel Lebrero, Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) production from biogas in waste treatment facilities: Assessing the potential impacts on economy, environment and society, Chemosphere, Volume 255, 2020, 126929, ISSN 0045-6535, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.126929

Víctor Pérez, Raquel Lebrero, and Raúl Muñoz, Comparative Evaluation of Biogas Valorization into Electricity/Heat and Poly(hydroxyalkanoates) in Waste Treatment Plants: Assessing the Influence of Local Commodity Prices and Current Biotechnological Limitations, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2020, 8, 20, 7701–7709, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c01543

Víctor Pérez, Andres Pascual, Caterina Coll Lozano, et al, Waste Biorefinery. Integrating Biorefineries for Waste Valorisation, Elsevier, 2020, Paperback ISBN: 9780128182284, eBook ISBN: 9780128182291, https://www.elsevier.com/books/waste-biorefinery/bhaskar/978-0-12-818228-4

Celia Pascual, Sara Cantera, Raúl Muñoz, Raquel Lebrero, Comparative assessment of two biotrickling filters for siloxanes removal: Effect of the addition of an organic phase, Chemosphere, Volume 251, 2020, 126359, ISSN 0045-6535, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.126359

Antonio D. Moreno, Ana Susmozas, José Miguel Oliva, María José Negro, Chapter 1 – Overview of bio-based industries, Editor(s): Charis M. Galanakis, Biobased Products and Industries, Elsevier, 2020, Pages 1-40, ISBN 9780128184936, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-818493-6.00001-4

Víctor Pérez, Marcos Latorre-Sánchez, Caterina Coll Lozano, et al, Waste Biorefinery, Elsevier, 2018, https://doi.org/10.1016/C2016-0-02259-3

Articles (referencing URBIOFIN)

Biorrefinerías para apostar por un futuro circular sin residuos (Biorefineries for a waste-free circular future) (published in September 2022)
IRIAF and PERSEO appear speaking about URBIOFIN in page 106 (RETEMA magazine)

Spanish biomethane here we go! ANÁLISIS DE LAS POTENCIAS EUROPEAS EN BIOMETANO PARA ENTENDER POR QUÉ Y CÓMO REPLICAR EL MODELO EN ESPAÑA (Analysis of the European Leaders in biomethane to understand why and how to replicate the model in Spain) (published in September 2022)
Reference to URBIOFIN biomethane production algal-bacterial photobioreactor page 78. “Un proyecto innovador que Muñoz destaca es la purificación del biogás con microalgas, en el fotobiorreactor del Centro de Investigación Alfonso Maillo de Zaragoza, que ha sido diseñado, construido y operado por el Instituto de Procesos Sostenibles dentro del proyecto URBIOFIN” (RETEMA magazine)

Biorrefinería integrada para la transformación de los residuos sólidos urbanos en bioproductos (Open Access, published in December 2019)
Antonio David Moreno García, José Miguel Oliva Domínguez, Raquel Iglesias Esteban
Bioplat (online article)

3 avances en Biorrefinería (Open Access, published in December 2019)
Fátima Vargas
AINIA website (online article)

Waste Biorefinery (Open Green Access, published in 2018)
Víctor Pérez, Marcos Latorre-Sánchez, Caterina Coll Lozano, et al
Elsevier, 2018, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/C2016-0-02259-3

The Success of Integrated Biorefineries – Will Be Key to the Development and Implementation of a Sustainable Bioeconomy (Open Access, published in June 2018)
Ana Susmozas, Antonio David Moreno
VERTICES (CIEMAT magazine)

A biorefinery to turn urban waste into biobased products (Open Access, published in February 2018)
Caterina Coll, Marcos Latorre
BE-Sustainable (online magazine)

Clamber lídera la investigación en producción de biogás (published in November 2020)
N.N.
La Tribuna de Ciudad Real (online article)

Veinte años de biocarburantes avanzados en el Ciemat y ocho proyectos en marcha (published in September 2020)
Javier Rico
Energías Renovables (online article)

Una biorrefinería de Urbaser en Zaragoza lidera un proyecto medioambiental H2020 (published in August 2020)
Luis H. Menéndez
Heraldo de Aragón (online article)

De residuos a bioproductos a través de biorefinerías (published in August 2020)
N.N.
Energías Renovables (online article)

Urbaser transforms organic waste into bioproducts to be used in other sectors (published in August 2020)
N.N.
Urbaser website (online article)

De la biorrefinería del olivar a la de residuos sólidos urbanos (published in July 2020)
Javier Rico
Energías Renovables (online article)

Annual Activity Report 2019 (published in July 2020)
Bio-based Industries Joint Untertaking
BBI JU website (online report)

Bio-waste generation in the EU Report: Current capture levels and future potential (published in July 2020)
Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC)
Bio-based Industries Consortium website (online report)

Urban Biorefinery: Boosting circular economy in cities through new models of municipal solid waste management (published in June 2020)
Antonio David Moreno, Raquel Iglesias Esteban, Caterina Coll Lozano
EERA Bioenergy newsletter (online article)

Biorrefinerías, el futuro para la transición hacia la (bio)economía circular (published in April 2020)
J. C. López Neila, M. G. Acedos, B. Ruiz Fuertes
Ingeniería Química (Expoquimia special issue of April 2020)

NATRUE: via the plastic from the pack of organic and natural cosmetics (published in March 2020)
N.N.
DM – Distribuzione Moderna (online article)

Mercado de los compuestos químicos bio-basados (published in February 2020)
Miguel García Acedos
AINIA website (online article)

La sostenibilidad y la seguridad alimentaria marcan la innovación en tecnologías del envase (published in January 2020)
Noemi Vidal
Interempresas Seguridad Alimentaria (online press release)
América RETAIL (online press release)
AINIA Website (online article)

De dañar el planeta a crear Valor (published in October 2019)
E. Lera
Diario de Valladolid (online article)

Project focus: How BBI JU is helping businesses to repurpose waste to drive new circular economic models. (published in October 2019)
Liz Gyekye
Bio Market Insights (online article)

The Potential of Biogas; the Solution to Energy Storage (No Open Access, published in February 2019)
Sebastian N. B. Villadsen, Philip L. Fosbøl, et al
ChemSusChem, 2019, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.201900100

Presentations

Bioeconomía circular: Agroalimentación (28 October 2020)
“PERSEO BIOREFINERY: BIOETANOL AVANZADO, BIOPRODUCTOS Y BIOENERGÍA A PARTIR DE RESIDUOS”

1st URBIOFIN virtual workshop (16 June 2020)
“Boosting circular economy in cities through new models of municipal solid waste management. The URBIOFIN biorefinery concept”

Res Urbis clsing meeting (11 December 2019)
“URBOFIN & PERCAL Projects”

NHBT 2019 – New Horizons in Biotechnology (20-24 November 2019)
“Revisiting the potential of anaerobic digestion for the production of biomethane and high added value products.”

ELS – Eco Life Scandinavia (13 November 2019)
“From linear to circular: how the natural cosmetic sector contributes to a more sustainable and circular economy.”

ECONOMÍA CIRCULAR e INNOVACIÓN en la GESTIÓN DE BIO-RESIDUOS en la UE (7 November 2019)
“ECO-INNOVACIONES Y ECONOMÍA CIRCULAR EN ACCIÓN.“

1st International Conference on Advanced Production and Processing (10-11 October 2019)
“Biological conversion of Greenhouse Gases into added value bio-products: Moving towards GHG Biorefineries.”

SANA trade show (7 September 2019)
“From linear to circular: how the natural cosmetic sector contributes to a more sustainable and circular economy.“

XXXVI National Chemical Engineering Conference (5 September 2019)
“Transformación de biogás en biopolímeros y biometano a escala semi-industrial (Transformation of biogas in biopolymers and biomethane at semi-industrial scale).”

Biotechniques for Air Pollution Control & Bioenergy 2019 (30 August 2019)
“Optimisation of CH4 bioconversion into high added biopolymers: Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA).“

Campus Innovation COVAP 2019 (23 July 2019)
“REUTILIZACIÓN Y RECICLAJE DE RESIDUOS Y SUB-PRODUCTOS ORGÁNICOS EN LA INDUSTRIA, MINIMIZAR EL DESPERDICIO.“

16th IWA World Congress on Anaerobic Digestion (23-27 June 2019)
“Recent Advances in Biological Biogas upgrading and Valorization.“
“Biological removal of siloxanes from biogas for biomethane injection in natural gas grid.“

NOPE – Natural and Organic Products Europe (7 April 2019)
“Plastics & Natural Cosmetics: Reuse, renew, recycle, or replace?“

BIO-WASTE workshop (20 February 2019)
“Opportunities for bio-based industries. New feedstock driven”

Beyond Biogas (24-25 January 2019)
“Demonstration of an integrated innovative biorefinery for the transformation of municipal solid waste (MSW) into new bio-based products“

NPS – Natural Products Scandinavia (15 November 2018)
“Plastics & Natural Cosmetics: Reuse, renew, recycle, or replace?“

ECOMONDO 2018 (6-9 November 2018)
“URBAN BIOREFINERY: SECOND GENERATION BIOETHANOL, BIOPRODUCTS AND BIOENERGY FROM ORGANIC MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE”

4-CIAB – 4^th Iberoamerican Congress on Biorefineries (24-26 October 2018)
“Demonstration of an integrated innovative biorefinery for the transformation of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) into new BioBased products”

Recuwaste 2018 (8 October 2018)
“Demonstration of an integrated innovative biorefinery for the transformation of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) into new BioBased products.“

ACR+ webinar (26 June 2018)
“URBAN BIOREFINERY: ADVANCED BIOETHANOL, BIOPRODUCTS AND BIOENERGY FROM ORGANIC MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE”

Jornada Técnica International Biorrefinería (14 June 2018)
“Bioetileno, bioplásticosy biofertilizantesa partir de la fracción orgánica de residuos municipals”

EU Policy Workshop – The road to an Urban Bioeconomy: Barriers and Solutions to Closing the Loop of Bio-Resources (28 May 2018)
“URBAN BIOREFINERY: ADVANCED BIOETHANOL, BIOPRODUCTS AND BIOENERGY FROM ORGANIC MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE”

 STAR-ProBio workshop at the Climate Show 2018 (6 April 2018)
Panel Discussion: A vision for a bio-based economy: Opportunities and challenges for bio-based products.
“Demonstration of an integrated innovative biorefinery for the transformation of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) into new BioBased products.”

VIVANESS (16 February 2018)
“Sustainability and the Renewable Circular Economy: EU-funded URBIOFIN project and cosmetic packaging.“

INTERREG EUROPE – BIOREGIO Project, 2º Interregional Event (28 November 2017)
“M.S.W. ORGANIC FRACTION under SEPARATE COLLECTION SCHEMES: GOOD PRACTICES and BIOREFINERY APPROACH.“

Posters

17th World Conference on Anaerobic Digestion (17-22 June 2022)
“Long-term Acidogenic fermentation of OFMSW in CSTR configuration: Mesophilic vs. Thermophilic”

4th European Sustainable Phosphorus Conference (21 June 2022)
“Organo-mineral bio-based fertilisers (and Bioethanol) from OFMSW through innovative Urban Biorefinery-(URBIOFIN)”

Chemical Engineering and Environmental PhD Workshop (3 December 2019)
“Comparative assessment of two biotrickling filters for siloxanes removal: effect of the addition of an organic Phase.”

Chemical Engineering and Environmental PhD Workshop (2 December 2019)
‘Is PHA production from biogas a realistic alternative in waste treatment facilities?“

14th European Researchers Night (27 September 2019)
“Economía circular.”

5th International Congress on Catalysis for Biorefineries (23-27 September 2019)
“Demonstration of an integrated innovative biorefinery for the transformation of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) into new BioBased products (URBIOFIN).”

3rd EUALGAE Training School: Microalgal bioeconomy in modern society (24-25 September 2018)
“Towards a circular bioeconomy: Urban biorefineries will transform municipal solid waste into bioproducts.“