{"id":4604,"date":"2023-05-23T07:56:46","date_gmt":"2023-05-23T07:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deepdrop.es\/an-irrigation-system-specific-to-the-circular-bioeconomy\/"},"modified":"2023-09-07T10:25:25","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T10:25:25","slug":"an-irrigation-system-specific-to-the-circular-bioeconomy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deepdrop.es\/en\/an-irrigation-system-specific-to-the-circular-bioeconomy\/","title":{"rendered":"An irrigation system specific to the circular bioeconomy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Tabla de contenidos<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/deepdrop.es\/en\/an-irrigation-system-specific-to-the-circular-bioeconomy\/#An_irrigation_system_specific_to_the_circular_bioeconomy\" >An irrigation system specific to the circular bioeconomy<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/deepdrop.es\/en\/an-irrigation-system-specific-to-the-circular-bioeconomy\/#Biocircular_aspects_of_DeepDrop%C2%AE\" >Biocircular aspects of DeepDrop\u00ae.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/deepdrop.es\/en\/an-irrigation-system-specific-to-the-circular-bioeconomy\/#In_the_future_we_want_to_become_circular\" >In the future we want to become circular<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-630576859\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1048947225\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<h1 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"An_irrigation_system_specific_to_the_circular_bioeconomy\"><\/span><strong>An irrigation system specific to the circular bioeconomy<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Circular Bioeconomy refers to the set of economic activities that are bio-based, and that at the same time introduce Circular Economy criteria in their processes. Both concepts, the bioeconomy and the circular economy, have been gaining ground in EU institutions in response to concerns about the long-term viability of the current resource-intensive economic model. Proof of this is that in 2018,  <\/span><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><br \/>\n  <span style=\"color: #00ccff;\" class=\" OP\" onclick=\"ljo_open('https:\/\/op.europa.eu\/en\/publication-detail\/-\/publication\/edace3e3-e189-11e8-b690-01aa75ed71a1\/language-en\/format-PDF\/source-149755478', '');\"><br \/>     <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the EU updated its Circular Bioeconomy Strategy, first published in 2012.<\/span><br \/>   <\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which had first been published in 2012.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Resources, sometimes scarce, such as water, phosphorus or organic matter in soils, or others related to agricultural activity in its technological dimension, which, however, often depends on critical raw materials that make us dependent on third countries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Andalusia, the community in which DeepDrop\u00ae System was born, the WEARE Group of the University of Cordoba and Seville consider that the <\/span><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><br \/>\n  <a style=\"color: #00ccff;\" href=\"https:\/\/economiacircular.org\/la-bioeconomia-circular\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Circular Bioeconomy in Andaluc\u00eda<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is still at an early stage<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1528202416\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-967037890\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Biocircular_aspects_of_DeepDrop%C2%AE\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Biocircular aspects of DeepDrop\u00ae.<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What distinguishes the DeepDrop\u00ae subsurface and localized drip irrigation system as a system of the circular bioeconomy?<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This irrigation system is based on the application of devices that are easy to assemble and disassemble for product maintenance, which allows for greater durability of the product.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Allows the reuse of drippers already in use in a drip irrigation system.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In case one of the components is damaged, customers can exchange only the part that needs to be replaced.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Made from recycled and recyclable material. The transparent dome is made of plastic from greenhouses in Almeria. We could therefore speak of &#8220;proximity recycling&#8221;.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Made of material resistant to chemicals, UV rays and high temperatures.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shelf life of the DeepDrop\u00ae: No studies have been conducted but almost all components have an estimated shelf life of more than 5 years considering that all components and materials have already been used in other applications although the capsule may have a slightly shorter shelf life due to solar radiation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a mechanical-manual system that does not require the use of rare materials and allows checking at a glance if the water is circulating correctly through the soil. This last aspect is very relevant in view of the external dependence of the use of electronified materials. With the DeepDrop\u00ae system, the &#8220;sensor&#8221; is equivalent to the capsule itself in which the dripper is protected: if, at the time of irrigation, we see the water circulating, then we know that the water is reaching the subsoil, otherwise we will know that there is a critical point and we will also know that we must act on that specific localized point and assess whether the soil is clogging the pipe where the water arrives or if the dripper is clogged and needs to be replaced or cleaned, for example.\n<p><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While some may think that it takes a lot of time to implement drippers on farms, this time is then saved by being able to visualize and act quickly and in the right place without generating water losses at a time when we cannot afford to lose a single drop. It is also an inexpensive system that pays for itself quickly.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The DeepDrop\u00ae irrigation system <\/span><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><br \/>\n  <span style=\"color: #00ccff;\" class=\" OP\" onclick=\"ljo_open('https:\/\/deepdrop.es\/deepdrop-una-apuesta-por-la-racionalizacion-del-agua\/?v=4302a5f4ed53', '');\"><br \/>     <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DeepDrop\u00ae irrigation system<\/span><br \/>   <\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> y <\/span><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><br \/>\n  <span style=\"color: #00ccff;\" class=\" OP\" onclick=\"ljo_open('https:\/\/deepdrop.es\/en\/how-to-avoid-water-stress-in-plants\/?v=4302a5f4ed53', '');\"><br \/>     <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">drastically reduces water stress on plants and trees.<\/span><br \/>   <\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. In this way, it contributes to saving water and to the plant health of our fields in a very simple way at a very delicate moment of this basic resource that allows us to be or not to be in the primary sector, or, as it says in the  <\/span><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><a style=\"color: #00ccff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fao.org\/faolex\/results\/details\/es\/c\/LEX-FAOC208104\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Horizon 2030 Spanish Bioeconomy Strategy<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">  &#8220;to maintain the capacities and potentialities of the productive systems in a new context of food production and demand.&#8221;. In other words, to ensure our own food sovereignty.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-330630026\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-640434960\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"In_the_future_we_want_to_become_circular\"><\/span>In the future we want to become circular<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2018, the European Environment Agency presented the report &#8220;<\/span><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\" class=\" OP\" onclick=\"ljo_open('https:\/\/www.eea.europa.eu\/publications\/circular-economy-and-bioeconomy', '');\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The circular economy and the bioeconomy. Partners in sustainability<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;. One of the key aspects he pointed out is that &#8220;The Bioeconomy Strategy pays little attention to aspects related to eco-design, waste management and recycling, as well as the role of innovative business models in these aspects.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thus, one of the challenges, in addition to the aspects of eco-design mentioned in the previous section, is to reduce the impact on the environment of possible waste generated by agricultural activity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although the DeepDrop\u00ae irrigation system is designed for durability, after a period of time, its components will need to be replaced (depending on the parts, we estimate between three and five years). We do not want these materials to become waste in the environment, so they should be able to be reintroduced into the factories we work with. Although it is difficult to make temporary forecasts at this time, DeepDrop\u00ae is planning to study, in the future, the implementation of a &#8220;return return system&#8221; with our customers to recycle DeepDrop\u00ae materials in order to be as respectful as possible with our environment. The environment, the one that sustains us, provides us with food and protects us and, therefore, that we must take care of.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":4069,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_joinchat":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[125,128,129,127,126],"class_list":["post-4604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","tag-circular-bioeconomy","tag-environment","tag-irrigation-system","tag-recyclable-en","tag-recycling-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deepdrop.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deepdrop.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deepdrop.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deepdrop.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deepdrop.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deepdrop.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4604\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deepdrop.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deepdrop.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deepdrop.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deepdrop.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}