Acronym
EoW
Code
IOF-MAN-043
Duration
01 December 2020 → 01 June 2053
Funding
Regional and community funding: Industrial Research Fund
Promotor
Research disciplines
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Natural sciences
- Natural resource management
Keywords
organic waste
Project description
End-of-Waste (EoW) is a multidisciplinary consortium of professors and researchers from UGent and the Universities of Applied Sciences within the AUGent.
Goal: To encourage and facilitate Science-2-Business (S2B) collaborations in closing the loop ofbiological (side) streams to improve the production efficiency according to a zero-waste approach and to stimulate the transition towards a circular and sustainable (bio)economy.
Focus: Recovery of valuable compounds, materials and resources from organic waste streams towards applications in the food & feed, (agro) chemicals, cosmetics, textiles, construction materials, water management.