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Background Olive oil production is an important agricultural sector in Europe. The annual production of olive fruits in the EU is more than 12 million tonnes, giving 2.9 million tonnes of olive oil, from approximately 12 000 oil mills. Wastes originating from this activity are olive mill solid wastes (OMSWs) and olive mill wastewaters (OMWWs). The latte ...

Background The fact that fresh olive pomace, the by-products of new continuous two-phase extraction processes, is not liked by oil extractors because of its high liquid content has made its disposal a pressing matter. This problem does not actually exist, however, in view of the potential for pomace spreading, as foreseen by recent national legislation (l ...