The Spanish national newspaper La Razón has featured Natac — coordinator of the SustaiNext project — and its work transforming agricultural side-streams such as olive leaves and artichoke biomass into ingredients for medicinal and cosmetic applications.
The article underlines the value of circular bioeconomy solutions that upgrade agro-industrial residues into new bio-based value chains. Within SustaiNext, supported by the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU), the flagship facility in Hervás (Extremadura, Spain) is advancing towards next-generation, digitalised and resource-efficient processes, aligned with a zero-waste approach.
This is a strong example of how European support and regional innovation can strengthen sustainable botanical ingredient supply chains while contributing to industrial development in rural areas.
Read the full article in La Razón here.
