On 23 June 2026, the FertiCovery consortium gathered on Kos Island, Greece, for the project's Month 18 Review Meeting, bringing together partners with the Project Officer and the external reviewer. The meeting offered an opportunity to look back on the achievements of Reporting Period 1 and to look ahead to the work still to come in developing Best Available Technologies for fertiliser production from recovered secondary raw materials.
Across the day, each Work Package presented its progress, from the technology and value chain assessments to the analysis of fertilising products, market and replication potential, and the ongoing stakeholder engagement and dissemination. Notably, the technologies selected include those from ECN members, with composting and anaerobic digestion playing a key role in producing bio-based fertilising products; presenters confirmed these technologies are fit for purpose and already available. The reviewer and Project Officer engaged closely with each presentation, offering constructive and detailed feedback that the consortium welcomed as valuable input for strengthening the project's outputs going forward.
The overall assessment was a positive one: milestones and deliverables were confirmed as satisfactory, and the reviewer commended the consortium's strong technical work, its collaboration with sister projects such as FertiTec, and its engagement with a broad stakeholder community.
All in all, the meeting closed on a positive and encouraging note for the whole consortium, with a clear and constructive path forward for the second half of the reporting period.