Sustainable Transformation of Agricultural Waste into High-Value Substrates

Project summary

Australia’s sustainable agriculture industry faces three key challenges: inefficient utilisation of nutrients from the substrates, a high-cost local supply chain, and ineffective waste management. This project aims to find innovative solutions to these issues for the mushroom industry and the broader agricultural sector and create a circular system in which value can be derived from waste. The project will develop low-cost, high-quality growth substrates from agricultural waste through advanced sustainable release technology.