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Note: The project unfortunately had to be terminated prematurely due to the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine and the associated difficult political situation in the region.

As part of a bilateral technology exchange between Germany and Belarus, the possible export of green and sustainable German technologies with focus on industrial composting and anaerobic fermentation will be addressed. With regard to a circular economy, in which composting and anaerobic fermentation are important pillars, Germany has achieved a technological and exportable unique selling point. Through an intensive bilateral exchange, the Republic of Belarus should be given the opportunity to build on this technological status in order to further develop its own circular economy and to get to know key technologies of German companies associated with it. With regard to innovative composting approaches, the current COVID-19 topic will also be taken into account in terms of content, whereby in particular an undesired increase in plastic-based packaging material (e.g. due to increasing deliveries) is of significance for industrial composting.

With the help of direct exchange between selected partners (possibly trips), further education, specialist and teacher workshops, an environmental congress and a technology fair, key actors from the German and Belarusian side were actively involved in a bilateral exchange. After establishing a German-Belarusian interest group on the subject of composting, anaerobic fermentation and circular economy, an applicable product was conceived, demonstrated and published in a joint dialogue with selected partners. The aim was to bring together and link innovative products from German industries to create a progressive and continuously operating composting plant designed for conditions in Belarus. Especially processes and technologies for reducing microplastics, stabilizing actinomycetes, the use of Terra Preta and providing by-products in the form energy and fertilizer were of interest.