May 24 last the conference "Today's waste - tomorrow's resource" was held at the Grand Hotel, but the conference was a collaboration The Environment Agency, Farmers' Association of Iceland, FENUR, State Land Reclamation, Matís, Iceland Innovation Center, Association of companies in the fishing industry, Industry Association and The ocean cluster.
The conference focused on improving the utilization of organic by-products in Iceland and was the culmination of the Icelandic Presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers for the Nordic Bioeconomy (NordBio). NordBio's goal is to make the Nordic region a leader in the sustainable production and use of living resources in order to reduce waste and promote innovation, a green economy and rural development.