Utilizing common reed! – New technologies and procedures of water protection
The project aims to research and develop issues of the common reed (Phragmites australis) business. Difficulties in obtaining permits due to fragmented ownership, incomplete information about end users and reed occurrences, and the lack of proper harvesting equipment for large-scale removal have been identified as bottlenecks for the development of the cane business.
Another target of the project is to develop efficient production chains for the utilization of the reeds harvested during different seasons for different end uses, such as raw material for substrate instead of peat, soil improver for fields, biogas production, livestock feed and litter, construction, incineration and textile fibers.
- Name of organisation
- Turku University of Applied Sciences
- Type of organisation
- Research and academia
- Type of action proposed
- Research and innovation
- The action contributes to the following objective or enabler
- Protect and restore marine and freshwater ecosystems and biodiversity
- List of Partners
Local companies, regional and local authorities
- Start date of the action
- End date of the action
- Budget allocated for the action
- 466000
- Basin coverage
- Baltic/North Sea
- Website link
- ruoko@turkuamk.fi
- Country
- Finland