Poland - Mazovian and Lublin

Polish Living Lab will be carried out as “replicative” study, to test the possibilities, challenges, risks, and chances linked with the use of soil improver developed byWaste4Soil partners. The possible partners interested in soil improver based on food marked have already been invited to be a part of the Polish Living Lab, but its final structure will evolve along with new project results, opportunities and chances discovered during the project implementation. On a basis of Living Lab participatory activities, food processing residues will be examined from the local food market, which will be harmonized with Waste4Soil Living Lab actions, especially in terms of Impact Assessment. 
Food processing residues:

Food processing residues streams from the local food market

Partners:

1 Waste4Soil partner is directly involved in the Polish LL: IUNG. Other Waste4Soil partners will be involved to be a part of the Polish Living Lab, through analyses and support, especially technology providers. IUNG will promote Food processing residues to soil improver approach among stakeholders and will search for a broad list of actors to be involved in Living Lab.  

IUNG will act as a Living Lab coordinator, research center for environmental and production aspects of soil-improver application and we will provide a “bio-physical” dimension of a Living Lab – a test fields for impact assessment. Several stakeholders are planned to be invited to be a part of the Polish Living Lab at the initial stage of Living Lab: Federation of Polish Food Banks; National Fund for Environmental Protection and the Institute of Agricultural and Food Economics, etc.