Interview related to Champlast Project

The Technological Centre of La Rioja Champión has published on YouTube an interview with the director of the centre, Margarita Pérez, which is available at the following link: ENTREVISTA || MARGA PÉREZ, DIRECTORA CENTRO TECNOLÓGICO DE INVESTIGACIÓN DEL CHAMPIÑÓN EN LA RIOJA (youtube.com).

Ingelia is participating in the Champlast project, whose main objective is the development of a specific biodegradable film for use in mushroom cultivation and the valorisation of the mushroom post-cultivation substrate using hydrothermal carbonisation (HTC) technology, developed by Ingelia, for the manufacture of fertiliser.

The project, which has been funded by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in the call for innovation projects of general interest by operational groups of the European Association for Innovation in agricultural productivity and sustainability, has a budget of €577,487.81 and a completion date of March 2025, and has received public aid of €560,868.95 (FEADER funding: 100% direct costs and 60% investment costs). The authority responsible for implementing the FEADER grant is the Directorate-General for Rural Development, Innovation and Agri-Food Training (DGRIFA).

The entity responsible for the content of this news is the consortium formed by the partners of GO Champlast, beneficiary of the subsidy from this call from the (AEI-Agri) within the framework of the National Rural Development Programme 2014-2022.