Closing the Life Cycle of Phosphorus in an Urban Food System: the Case Almere (NL)
Closing the life cycle of phosphorus in an urban food system: the case Almere (NL) W. van Dijk, J.E. Jansma, W. Sukkel, H. van Reuler, T. Vermeulen & A.J. Visser Closing the life cycle of phosphorus in an urban food system: the case Almere (NL) W. van Dijk1, J.E. Jansma1, W. Sukkel1, H. van Reuler2, T. Vermeulen3 & A.J. Visser1 1 Wageningen University & Research, Praktijkonderzoek AGV 2 Wageningen University & Research, Praktijkonderzoek BBF 3 Wageningen University & Research, Glastuinbouw This study was carried out by Wageningen University & Research and was commissioned and financed by the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs within the context of the KB research program Metropolitan Solutions, research theme KB-25-006-003. Wageningen Plant Research is the collaboration of Wageningen University and the foundation Stichting Wageningen Research. Wageningen, January 2017 Report 725 Van Dijk, W., J.E. Jansma, W. Sukkel, H. van Reuler, T. Vermeulen & A.J. Visser, 2017. Closing the life cycle of phosphorus in an urban food system: the case Almere (NL). Wageningen Plant Research, Report 725, 44 pp. Nutrient recycling in current food systems is relatively low. This study explores the possibilities of closing the phosphorus cycle for a local food system for the urban region Almere. The phosphorus flows within the food system (primary production on farms, processing industry, retail, households and waste sector) are quantified. Keywords: Food system, phosphorus, recycling © 2017 Lelystad, Stichting Wageningen Research, Wageningen Plant Research, P.O. Box 430, 8200 AK LELYSTAD, The Netherlands; T +31 (0)300 – 29 11 11; www.wur.nl/plant-research Chamber of Commerce no.
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