MIX-MATTERS

Mix-Matters is an EU-funded Horizon Europe project addressing the challenge of valorising mixed agri-food biowaste, which is largely landfilled or incinerated, accounting for 3% of EU greenhouse gas emissions. The project introduces an integrated, modular, and automated system combining robotics and AI to efficiently separate waste streams and convert them into six high-value bio-based products: powdered ingredients, sugar concentrates, recombinant proteins, green fibers, bioactive compounds, and plastic monomers. The system is containerized for on-site processing, supported by a decision-support tool and digital product passports to ensure traceability. A 15-month demonstration across three sites will validate technical and economic feasibility, aiming to create 18 new value chains and significantly reduce CO₂ emissions.

The MixMatters consortium brings together 18 organizations from 8 European countries, including:

• Coordinator: AINIA (Spain)

• VITO (Belgium)

• Wagralim (Belgium)

• FEDACOVA (Spain)

• VTT (Finland)

• Tecnalia (Spain)

• Cluster Food+i (Spain)

• Bionet (Spain)

• Naturstoff-Technik GmbH (Germany)

• Advantx (Spain)

• ILVO (Belgium)

• Universität für Bodenkultur Wien (Austria)

• Universidad de Almería (Spain)

• ENCO SRL (Italy)

• Soluciones Industriales y Tratamientos Ambientales S.L (Spain)

• Recycleye Ltd (United Kingdom)
  along with other industrial and academic partners.