Baltic Beach Wrack CONTRA -COnversionof a Nuisance To a Resource and Asset

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Baltic Beach Wrack CONTRA - COnversion of a Nuisance To a Resource and Asset

WP 5.1.1 case study: Wrack4Soil

Kick-Off-Meeting 27

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of February 2019 in Kristianstad

Steffen Aldag, M.Sc.

Hanseatic Environment CAM GmbH (PP 14)

steffen.aldag@hanseatischeumwelt.de

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Hanseatische Umwelt CAM GmbH

▪ Founded 1990 in Hamburg

▪ Production capacity of 10,000 tons of soil products, Green waste and wood chips

▪ Company site: 3.5 ha area and 5,000 m² halls

Hanseatic Environment - Composting plant

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structure presentation

1. Company profile and services

a. The Hanseatic Environment CAM GmbH

b. Production processes in the composting plant

2. Beach wrack: Management and recycling

a. What is beach wrack / recycling chain b. Recycling principles according to KrWG c. Recycling in agriculture

3. Hanseatic Environment and CONTRA

a. Work Package 5: Case study „Wrack4Soil“

b. Development process case study „Wrack4Soil“

c. business goals of the Hanseatic Environment

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Services of the Hanseatic Environment

Compost Soils Grass areas Research /

Consulting

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Processing in the composting plant

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Raw material provision

Raw material

processing material conversion end products

▪ From industrial processes

▪ From craftsmen and customers

▪ From natural habitats

(e.g. Baltic Sea)

▪ sorting

▪ cleaning

▪ drying

▪ screening

▪ aerobic/anaerobic treatment

▪ maturing / refinement

▪ mechanical,

chemical/biological processing

▪ mixing

▪ packaging ( from 1 litre to 1 tonne container)

▪ Direct sales and trade for craftsmen and end costumers

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…what’s beach wrack?

„…a mixture of sea grass, algae, wood, macro zoobenthos, shells and civilization waste washed ashore on the beach…“

Repeatedly washing over of beach wrack leads to a mixture with beach sand. After mechanical compression for take-up the sand weight share increases up to 95%

The sand must be filtered out before further processing / transportation of beach wrack

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Competences & experiences in beach wrack recycling

▪ Practical experience in harvesting and

processing large quantities of beach wrack

▪ HU has a plant subject to authorisation for processing green waste and marine biomass such as algae, sea grass (beach wrack)

▪ Preparation of special composts, soil

conditioners with organically active substances from algae enzymes and microorganism

cultures

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Biomass processing / value chain of beach wrack

pre-treatment near the beach collecting

product

washed up beach wrack

aerobic treatment

mixture with compost 1

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Working steps on site

Working steps in the composting plant

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Recycling options for beach wrack according to KrWG

4 Other recycling option ▪ Energetic utilization (energy crops, biogas, pellets for heat power plants)

5 Removal e.g. landfilling

priority

¹ Avoidance of beach wrack (currently not possible)

▪ Reduction of nutrient inputs

▪ Removal of biomass 2 (direct) recovery (recycling) of

beach wrack

▪ agriculture

▪ Landscaping and horticulture

▪ Construction industry

▪ ecological building material and filling material for matrasses/

pillows

▪ Pharmaceuticals, chemical industry 3 Recycling of beach wrack

components

▪ Recycling

fertilizers, -additives, soil conditioners,

▪ Biochar, water filter

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Three promising recycling solutions from beach wrack:

1. Fertilizer and soil conditioner especially for organic farming, gardening and landscaping

2. Innovative building materials (insulating materials) and filling material for matrasses and pillows (only raw and clean sea grass!)

3. Active ingredients for the pharmaceutical and chemical industries

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Beach wrack based soil products have positive effects on soils

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Fertilizer effect -> activation of compost through fast nutrient availability

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Soil physics -> formation of clay-humus complex

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Phytosanitary properties

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Biological activation of soils

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Root growth

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Water storage capacity of soils

➢ CO₂ storage through improved humus growth (permanent humus), due to increased root growth and plant health

➢ 1 kg compost (dm) permanently stores 1 kg of water in the soil

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Hanseatic Environment in the CONTRA Project

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Case Studies

• Case Study 1 ( Wrack4soil), Bad Doberan/Poel, DE:

Production of fertilizers/soil improvement products

• Case study 2 (BWC), Island Rügen, DE: Feasibility study of vapothermal carbonisation (МЕС)

• Case study 3 (Wracover), Køge Municipality, DK: Beach wrack as a compost material in landfill biocovers to increase the biological oxidation of methane.

• Case study 4 (Wrack4coast), Curonian Spit, RU: Coastal protection (dunes and sand fore-dune wall).

• Case study 5 (ALREA), Kalmar, SE: Biogas – beach wrack for anaerobic digestion process.

• Case study 6a (WAIT), Puck Bay, PL: Analysis of pollutant flux to coastal zone originating from decaying algae & sea grass on beaches

• Case study 6b (FERTIWRACK), Swarzewo (PL): Compost in fertilizer production.

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„Wrack4Soil“

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Activities and results: Case study„Wrack4Soil“

Activities Results

1. Testing of new fertiliser / compost products and soil conditioner (…) from beach wrack

• potential analysis

• product mixes

2. Processing instruction for beach wrack • processing regulation (protocol)

3. Define product requirements (e.g. nutrient content) • quality criteria for various application areas

4. Presentation of values chains, development of new services and business models

• business model

• market analysis

5. Recommendations on good practice in

environmentally friendly recycling of beach wrack

• recommendation (good environmental practice)

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Development process and network „Wrack4Soil“

processes 1. pre

treatment 2.

transport 2.

process 4.

sales 5.

cooperation

parties - HU, Baltic Sea resorts, municipal service provider - HU

- Beckmann (AO) HU/ EUCC,

tasks - cleaning, loading, treatment in the plant testing the distribution of new soil products

best practice exchange with PP (Wracover/DK, Fertiwrack/PL)

further

actions sampling (HU, URO, external laboratories)

Application in experiments and field studies

direct sales

(online) exchange of

biomass with PP

network Best Practice, dissemination (EUCC)

transport and logistics contractor

- farmers - horticulturist - landscaping

Seegrashandel (AO)Beckmann (AO)

CONTRA PP in 5.1.

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Business objectives of Hanseatic Environment in the CONTRA project

▪ Further development of beach wrack based soil products

▪ Improvement of marketing opportunities through test and reference areas

▪ Determination of product requirements for the application areas:

agriculture, gardening and landscaping and organic farming

▪ Determination of the nutrient composition of beach wrack and beach wrack based soil products

▪ Long-term regional and trans-regional partnerships with the aim of:

➢ …ensuring the continual supply of raw material for HU

➢ …establishment of an economic processing chain and financial relief for municipalities

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Beach wrack impressions

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Thank you very much for your attention!

Any questions?

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Steffen Aldag, M. Sc.

scientific / technical employee

Hanseatic Environment CAM GmbH Waldstraße 10

D-18233 Sandhagen Germany

Email: steffen.aldag@hanseatischeumwelt.de Web: www.hanseatischeumwelt.de

Tel.: +49 (0)38294 160-12

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Dipl.-Ing. agr. Martin Staemmler Managing Director

Hanseatic Environment CAM GmbH Waldstraße 10

D-18233 Sandhagen Germany

Email: ms@hanseatischeumwelt.de Web: www.hanseatischeumwelt.de Tel.: +49 (0)38294 160-0

Cell.: +49 (0) 172-328 7007