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CEST Proceedings are published under the ISSN 2944-9820.

Identification and Quantification of Microplastic in Sewage systems by TED-GC-MS

(Corresponding) Altmann K., Goedecke C., Bannick C., Abusafia A., Scheid C., Steinmetz H., Braun U.
Topic: 
Microplastics in the marine environment
Over the last years, the number of publications reporting the amount of microplastic (MP) all over the world increased rapidly. But harmonised sampling, sample preparation and analysis strategies are missing. Commonly used methods are very time consuming and not comparable to each other. Hence,...Read more
Keywords: 
microplastic, TED-GC-MS, microplastic analysis, grey water, waste water treatment plant, combined sewer system
Paper ID: 
cest2019_00233

Improving the quality and quantity of source-separated household food waste in areas of different socio-economic characteristics: A case study from Lübeck, Germany

(Corresponding) Koerner I., Walk S., Deegener S., Wardle D.
Topic: 
Food waste
A method aiming at improving source-separation performance of household food waste (FW) was investigated in two areas with different socio-economic characteristics in Lübeck, Germany. This included the test of a new FW collection system including the distribution of small collection buckets to each...Read more
Keywords: 
Food waste, Waste composition analysis, Waste valorization, Circular Economy, Socio-economic assessment
Paper ID: 
cest2019_00484

Quantitative and qualitative assessment of food waste of the hospitality sector in Greece

Lasaridi K., Manios T., (Corresponding) Abeliotis K., Terzis E., Chroni C., Galliou F., Panteli V.
Topic: 
Food waste
In Greece, approximately 1.8 million tonnes of food waste are generated each year, mostly disposed of in landfill. Food waste is of concern for businesses in the hospitality and food service sectors, which in Greece dispose of an estimated 100,000 tonnes of food waste annually, almost 6% of the...Read more
Keywords: 
waste management, food waste, hospitality sector, compositional analysis, Greece
Paper ID: 
cest2019_00965