Scientists from Poland and China are working on a technology for processing food waste, allowing to recover carboxylic acids needed to produce polymers, pharmaceuticals, solvents and food additives.

The project implemented by scientists from Gdańsk University of Technology and Shanghai Donghua University is a response to the global challenge posed by food waste and the accumulation of food waste. It is estimated that the population of 7 billion generates approximately 1.3 billion tonnes of food waste annually. Calculated per household, it is respectively: 54 kg in Poland (the EU average is 76 kg) and 16 kg in China.

Under the REVAMP project, funded by the National Science Center, researchers will recover valuable products from the fermentation of food waste through sonocavitation and hydrothermal intensification. Scientists work with local waste and study its impact on the effectiveness of the fermentation process.

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