Food Waste
Research Areas
Novel, disruptive solutions for improved valorisation and pasteurisation for anaerobic digestion (AD) of food waste (FW) collected by centralised retail food waste management companies
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.
Primary Investigator
Prof. James Lyng, Dr. Ajay Menon
Staff
Devu Pengadeth (PhD)
Funding Source
Research Ireland
SHARING SOLUTIONS: Identifying, valorising and optimising food waste prevention and reduction via Food Sharing Initiatives (FSIs)
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…
Primary Investigator
Prof. Anna Davis
Staff
Winnie Yegon (PhD)
Funding Source
Research Ireland
Carbery
Use systems and synthetic biology to design a branched-chain amino acid (BCAA) overproducing microorganism
Primary Investigator
Prof. Kevin O'Connor
Staff
Dr. Si Liu (PD)
Funding Source
Industry
Process Conversion and upcycling of food waste into higher value products
Primary Investigator
Prof. Jim Lyng, Peter McDonnell, Dr. Emma Feeney
Staff
James Kitoto Anyange (MSc)
Funding Source
Industry
Rural BioReFarmeries
Green BioReFarmeries – Small-scale Circular Green Biorefineries for increasing farmer sustainability and competitiveness and building resilient rural areas
Staff
James Gaffey, Kevin O'Connor, Ramesh Babu, Vincent O'Flaherty
Funding Source
Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking
ROSETTA
Reducing food waste due to marketing standards through alternative market access
Staff
Maeve Henchion
Funding Source
Horizon Europe
Food Waste, Pillar 3
Novel, disruptive solutions for improved valorisation and pasteurisation for anaerobic digestion (AD) of food waste (FW) collected by centralised retail food waste management companies
To optimise the frontloading of the pasteurisation process…