Illustrative video of the Go-Champlast project

Every year, around 73 thousand tons of mushrooms are produced in La Rioja, representing 46% of Spanish production and 8% of European production, making it the largest mushroom-producing region in Spain. When mushroom cultivation is finished, the substrate is “exhausted” to continue with industrial production. This post-cultivation substrate becomes waste that represents a great challenge for farmers. In addition, the mulching films currently used in mushroom cultivation require costly recycling.

The project studies one of the possible solutions for reusing waste from these crops that will allow to minimize the environmental, landscape and economic impact of their activity.

The project, which has been financed 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.