CEST Proceedings are published under the ISSN 2944-9820.
Identification and Assessment of Food Waste Prevention Practices Throughout The Food Supply Chain
Chroni C., Synani K., (Corresponding) Abeliotis K., Homatidis D., Gaitanarou Z., Korizi K., Lasaridi K.
Topic:
Food waste
Food waste generation is an issue that poses grave environmental, social and economic repercussions for the entire European Union (EU). According to the findings of the UNEP Food Waste Index Report (2020), approximately 931 million tonnes of food waste were generated in 2019. To tackle this issue,...Read more
(Corresponding) Shahmohammadi-Kalalagh S., Nasiri H., Ahmadzadeh-Kaleybar F.
Topic:
Climate change mitigation and adaptation
Climate change is increasingly been called a ‘security’ problem, and there has been speculation that climate change may increase the risk of violent conflict. In this paper, the impact of climate change on the indicators such as war and insecurity, water and food resources, poverty development,...Read more
Keywords:
Climate change, Migration, War and poverty, Water and food resources
Acclimation of microbial consortia on acidogenic effluents for enhanced production of polyhyrtoxyalkanoates.
Rokizas S., Kora E., Kalogirou T., Antonopoulou G., (Corresponding) Ntaikou I., Lyberatos G.
Topic:
Bioplastics
The aim of the present study was to develop efficient MMCs via their acclimation to a mixture of volatile fatty acids, sugars, and lactate i.e. the acidogenic effluents of a hydrogen-generating bioreactor processing food wastes. Acclimation was conducted under sequential carbon (C) and nitrogen (N...Read more
Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) Production from the Liquid Fraction of dried/shredded Food Waste
Filippou K., Bouzani E., Kora E., Ntaikou I., (Corresponding) Papadopoulou K., Lyberatos G.
Topic:
Bioplastics
An enriched culture of Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs)-forming bacteria was developed using the liquid fraction (condensate) which is generated during drying and shredding of food waste. A mixed enriched culture was used for the production of PHAs, in two Draw-Fill Reactors (DFRs). The culture was...Read more
Use of food waste as culture media in biocementation for ground improvement applications
Mwandira W., (Corresponding) Mavroulidou M., Gunn M., Gray C.
Topic:
CIRCULAR ECONOMY AND BIOECONOMY
The paper investigates the use of mixed fruit and vegetable (FV) waste to extract liquid to grow bacteria. The bacteria will be used to induce biocementation of soils and two metabolic pathways are examined. These are the ureolytic pathway and the carbonic anhydrase pathway (which absorbs CO2)...Read more
Keywords:
GROUND IMPROVEMENT; FRUIT AND VEGETABLE; BIOCEMENTS; FOOD WASTE MANAGEMENT
Experiential learning as a strategy for reducing household food waste among young Greeks
(Corresponding) Chioti D., Sepp H., Nyberg M.
Topic:
Sustainability & the SDGs
Abstract
Background: Food waste is a contemporary challenge with impacts on the environment, economy, and society. Every year 1/3 of the food produced is wasted, where the households are responsible for 53% of the total food waste. In Greece, 87 kg of household food waste are produced per...Read more
PLA based nanocomposites with Cellulosic and Lignocellulosic nanofibers as a biodegradable solution for green food packaging
(Corresponding) Tsaousis P., Andrikopoulos K., Mathioudakis G., Beobide A., Sideri S., Deze E., Voyiatzis G.
Topic:
Bioplastics
The HIPERION project aims at the sustainable production of various types of nanocellulose, such as microfibrillated cellulose (MFC), cellulose nano-fibrils (CNF), nanocrystalline cellulose (NCC) and bacterial nanocellulose (BNC), for the development of high-performance industrial materials for...Read more
Anaerobic Co-Digestion of olive oil wastewater with municipal solid and liquid waste: An Urban-Industrial symbiosis concept
(Corresponding) Papadopoulou K., Pavlopoulos C., Zarkaliou A., Lyberatos G.
Topic:
Environmental biotechnology and bioenergy
The aim of this research was to explore the possibility for joint waste management from industry and municipality (Industrial-Urban Symbiosis (I-US)) through material and energy exchanges between municipality and industry and to improve the efficiency and environmental performance of biofuel...Read more
