Novel, disruptive solutions for improved valorisation and pasteurisation for anaerobic digestion (AD) of food waste (FW) collected by centralised retail food waste management companies

By Amanda Mathieson | 20/11/2025

To optimise the frontloading of the pasteurisation process required for AD plants and carry it out at a single centralised facility and upgrading food waste to a high value feedstock. Enhance biomethane generation in food waste anaerobic digestion processes and improve resource recovery from digestate.PI: Prof. James Lyng, Dr. Ajay Menon, Staff: Devu Pengadeth (PhD)

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SHARING SOLUTIONS: Identifying, valorising and optimising food waste prevention and reduction via Food Sharing Initiatives (FSIs)

By Amanda Mathieson | 20/11/2025

This project will establish and analyse the actual and potential sustainability (i.e. social, economic and environmental) impacts of ICT-mediated food sharing initiatives (FSIs), which include community growing, cooking, eating and surplus food redistribution activities, for waste prevention and reduction in Ireland in order to develop appropriate policy supports to meet SDG Target 12.3: to halve…

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Carbery

By Amanda Mathieson | 20/11/2025

Use systems and synthetic biology to design a branched-chain amino acid (BCAA) overproducing microorganismPI: Prof. Kevin O’Connor, Staff: Dr. Si Liu (PD)

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