Olimerca.- The numerous innovative applications using olive pomace are coming to market are becoming increasingly evident. For example, an Extremadura-based company has just launched Smallops, a startup that has developed a technology that uses vegetable water and olive pomace to produce carbon-encapsulated iron nanoparticles, as well as biogas.
This solution is presented as a very interesting alternative for the management of a byproduct that causes serious problems in the olive oil sector due to its seasonality and the current management capacity at the national level.
Smallops’ activities are divided into two main areas.