Food waste is a big problem. About a third of all food in the United States never gets eaten. It gets thrown out—whether it’s expired products off a grocery store shelf, food scraps from a restaurant, ...

Turning waste into something of value is a long process, one that Professors Bar-Ziv and Long are tackling with their pilot-scale solvent-targeted recovery and precipitation (STRAP) technology. Once ...

Scientists have taken the first step at estimating the best large-scale uses for food processing waste, first analyzing its contents and, based on those findings, proposing production opportunities ...

Researchers at the University of Sharjah have developed an innovative method to transform shrimp waste—typically discarded in large quantities by the seafood industry—into a valuable carbon product ...

We live in a world in which the generation and accumulation of trash is commonplace. Yet it’s clear that taking, making, using and discarding is an unsustainable economic strategy. This pattern ...

The tExtended project aims to create a “knowledge-based masterplan” to develop and demonstrate effective textile recovery, reuse, waste valorization and recycling processes. The tExtended project aims ...

What is "Waste to Chemicals"? Waste to Chemicals refers to transforming wastes and residues to energy, fuels and other useful, valuable materials. How It Relates to Green Chemistry: Finite fossil ...

The global farming, food processing and retail industries create tens of billions of tons of agricultural residues and food waste every year. When crops are harvested, and the edible - or at least the ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – There is money to be made – and potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions – by finding a second life for the potato peels, fried dough particles, cheese whey and other industrial ...