Numbers
Table 1 shows figures regarding the budget pertaining to SMEs - Silvex (SVX), BioBag (BB), ICS Environment (ICSE) and end-users - Hortofrutícolas Campelos (HC), Olivier Mandeville (OM) and Explotaciones Agrarias Garrido Mora (EAGM). The table indicates expected costs for each partner, the European Union contribution and the portion of that amount that will be paid to Universities and Research Centres (UCI), for conducting subcontracted scientific work.
SMEs & End-Users |
Budget by category (€) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | Direct Costs | Indirect Costs | Total | EU Contribution | Payment to UCI’s | |
| SVX | 99.925 | 65.148< | 99.044 | 784.190 | 592.763 | 520.073 |
| BB | 70.000 | 18.500 | 26.550 | 421.672 | 306.657 | 306.622 |
| ICSE | 17.500 | 3.500 | 12.600 | 126.589 | 93.449 | 92.089 |
| HC | 4.160 | 0 | 2.496 | 6.656 | 3.584 | 0 |
| OM | 14.175 | 0 | 8.505 | 22.680 | 12.600 | 0 |
| EAGM | 2.925 | 0 | 1.755 | 4.680 | 2.600 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 208.685 | 87.148 | 150.950 | 1.366.467 | 1.011.653 | 919.684 |
Legal incentives to using biodegradable plastics
in agriculture
Portugal
The “National strategy for sustainable operational programmes of organisations of fruit and vegetable growers” (September 2009), includes the action “7.6 Use of biodegradable plastics.”
Spain
The “Directrices Nacionales para la elaboración de los pliegos de condiciones referentes a las medidas medioambientales” (July 2009), considers “Acción 7.19. Utilización en la explotación de plásticos oxobiodegradables y biodegradables”.
Spain - NAVARRE
The “Orden Foral 393/2009”, dated 7 August, regarding “La Consejera de Desarollo Rural y Medio Ambiente”, later amended by the “Orden Foral” 474/2009, dated 28 September, sets forth the standards governing the granting of aid for fostering the mulch film technique with biodegradable plastic in agriculture. Such aid does not include non-biodegradable materials such as “oxo-biodegradable”, “photo-thermodegradable” and their variants.
France
The “Stratégie Nationale en Matière de Programmes Opérationnels à caractère durable”, as part of the environmental measures for soil preservation, considers the support to the placement of plant or biodegradable mulch, through action “3.5.3 Mise en place d'un paillage végétal ou biodégradable en cultures maraîchères”.