(1 August 2017) Italy will help Kazakhstan in managing waste. (1 August, 2017) A memorandum of understanding between Bionet srl and Kazakh Invest was signed in Astana during the week dedicated to Friuli Venezia Giulia at the Italian Pavilion at the 2017 Future Energy Expo in Kazakistan with the aim of realizing one or more anaerobic digestion systems for waste treatment from which organic fertilizer for use in agriculture (compost), biogas, liquid methane, electricity, and heat as well as vegetable charcoal, will be produced. The aim of the project is to achieve significant energy efficiency for the whole chain of collecting and treatment of waste, increasing recovered energy with lower operating costs and reducing gas emissions and fossil fuel consumption. The Italian Ambassador to Astana, Stefano Ravagnan; Deputy Minister of Development and Investment of Kazakhstan, Yerlan Khairov; Kazakh Invest Deputy Chairman, Nursultan Dzhiebayev; Head of Region Fvg, Agostino Maio; and Bionet's Chairman, Norberto Zannini, took part in the signing ceremony of the agreement. The ceremony was sealed by the transcription of the protocol by Scriptorium Foroiuliense, the only Italian amanuensis school of calligraphy based in Ragogna (Ud).

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Kazkhstan's choice, which rewards the state-of-the-art technology entirely developed by Bionet in collaboration with the Friulian University was followed by a series of meetings with a representative from Friuli Venezia Giulia in April set up preparation the Region's participation in the Astana Expo. The plant in Udine was awarded for its great flexibility that implements the transition to a circular economy, as required by the European Commission.