The V4-BIOWASTELINK - “From regional feedstock to regionally used, EU-compliant fertilisers” project was present at the 29th International Energy and Environment Conference (IEEC 2026) in Ostravice! 🇵🇱🇨🇿🇭🇺

The conference provided an excellent opportunity to present the project’s objectives, ongoing activities, and the potential of regional waste streams as feedstocks for the production of fertilisers compliant with European Union requirements.

A particularly important part of our participation was the V4-BIOWASTELINK Grant Open Workshop, dedicated to the potential use of regional waste streams, cooperation between science and industry, and the development of solutions supporting the circular economy across the Visegrad region.

The project is implemented under V4 Grant No. 22530372 and brings together partners from the V4 region:

🔹 Politechnika Wrocławska - Project Leader (Poland)

🔹 VSB - Technical University of Ostrava (Czechia)

🔹 University of Miskolc (Hungary)

Within V4-BIOWASTELINK, we are working, among other activities, on the development of a shared database and an interactive GIS map of regional waste streams that may serve as potential feedstocks for fertiliser production.

Our aim is also to strengthen cooperation between industry, research institutions, and local authorities, while supporting the development of regional and sustainable solutions for nutrient recovery and bio-based fertiliser production.

We would like to thank the organisers of IEEC 2026 for the opportunity to present the project, exchange experiences, and take part in inspiring discussions on the circular economy, waste stream valorisation, and the future of sustainable fertilisers. 🌱♻️

The International Visegrad Fund is a donor organization established in 2000 by the governments of the Visegrad Group countries – Czechia, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia. The Fund follows the vision of President Vaclav Havel, President Lech Wałęsa and Prime Minister József Antall and supports regional cooperation of civil society organizations. That is possible thanks to Grants, Scholarships and Artists Residencies. We seek original approaches that help the region progress in seven main areas of Culture, Education, Innovation, Democratic Values, Public Policy, Environment and Tourism, and Social Development.

Our vision is a Central Europe with full understanding of its shared history and the necessity of mutual respect and cooperation towards a better future in the broader European context.

The Fund’s annual budget is 11 million € provided by equal contributions of the V4 governments. On ad hoc basis, the Fund also administers financial contributions from third countries dedicated to Visegrad+ projects.

Wrocław Tech together with partners from Czechia and Hungary, is implementing the project "V4-BIOWASTELINK – From regional feedstock to regionally used, EU-compliant fertilisers", which aims to create a joint database and map of waste streams in the V4 region. The project supports cooperation between companies, local governments and science through events in Poland, Czechia and Hungary, as well as a fertiliser pilot project in Poland. The project is supported by the Visegrad Fund.

Wrocław University of Science and Technology (Wrocław Tech) was established in 1945, mainly as a result of the involvement of the academic staff of the now-defunct Technical University of Lviv and the Jan Kazimierz University in Lviv, who adapted the destroyed buildings of the German School of Technology - Technische Hochschule.

Today we continue the tradition of these prominent Polish universities and develop in close cooperation with the leading companies of Lower Silesia. We are one of the largest and best technical universities in the country, one regularly ranked among the best in the national rankings.

The first rector of the then merged University of Technology and University of Wrocław was Professor Stanisław Kulczyński (1945-1951). Since then, the university has already seen as many as fourteen successors of the eminent academic. Currently, the tertiary institution is governed by Professor Arkadiusz Wójs, whose second term of office will last until the end of August 2028.

VSB – Technical University of Ostrava has been connecting technical, economic, natural sciences and artistic disciplines in modern study programmes for more than 175 years responding to the real problems of the present.

We carry out basic and applied research at the highest level. Thanks to tradition and cooperation with industry as well as many domestic and foreign universities in a wide range of sectors, we provide innovative solutions in a number of fields and the certainty of employment to our graduates.