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CEST Proceedings are published under the ISSN 2944-9820.

A detailed characterisation of household food waste and the implications of sorting behaviour on potentials for anaerobic digestion and nutrient recovery

(Corresponding) Walk S., Hausbeck G., Körner I.
Topic: 
Food waste
This study investigates household food waste (HH FW) generation in two socio-economically different areas in Lübeck, Germany. The applied waste characterisation protocol provided a detailed insight into the generation and separation behavior of FW collected in the municipal collection system. In...Read more
Keywords: 
Food waste, Waste characterisation, Waste management, Anaerobic digestion, Circular economy
Paper ID: 
cest2021_00058

Strategies for the improvement of VFAs recovery in the nanofiltration process within the circular economy framework

Pervez M., Uwineza C., Sapmaz T., Mahboubi A., Hasan ., Cai Y., Zarra T., Belgiorno V., Taherzadeh ., (Corresponding) Naddeo V.
Topic: 
Food waste
Over the past decades, the anaerobic digestion (AD) process has been employed as a potential medium to produce valuable resources from the waste-based feedstock. Moreover, the use of AD technology can generate not only resources, but it also creates an avenue for useful chemicals recovery to...Read more
Keywords: 
Food waste, volatile fatty acids, nanofiltration, resource recovery, recyclability
Paper ID: 
cest2021_00156

Condensate originating from household food waste as a substrate for Microbial Fuel Cells

Kamperidis T., Pandis P., Vlachaki E., (Corresponding) Tremouli A., Lyberatos G.
Topic: 
Environmental biotechnology and bioenergy
A microbial fuel cell (MFC) is a bioreactor that converts the chemical energy of the bonds of organic compounds to electrical energy, through the catalytic reactions of microorganisms. Under anaerobic conditions various substrates have been examined using MFC technology. This study examines the...Read more
Keywords: 
Microbial Fuel Cell, Condensate, Household food waste, Wastewater treatment, Energy production
Paper ID: 
cest2021_00240

Biobased Lubricants within a Circular Economy Concept: Utilization of Spent Coffee Grounds as an Alternative Sustainable Feedstock

(Corresponding) Dodos G., Deligiannis A., Karonis D., Zannikos F.
Topic: 
Circular economy and industrial symbiosis
The economy is gradually transitioning to a circular model that extends resources, reduces waste and requires a great deal of creative thinking. Both established and emerging global economies view waste as a bioresource for our next generation energy, chemicals, or platform molecules and materials...Read more
Keywords: 
biolubricants, waste valorization, food waste, sustainability, bio-commodities
Paper ID: 
cest2021_00545

Designing sustainable processes for the valorization of industrial and environmental waste streams towards industrializable polyhydroxyalkanoates

(Corresponding) Ntaikou I., Antonopoulou G., Kokkinopoulou I., Ladakis D., Tragoulias K., Zhang Y., Yan Q., Nan J., Pissaridi K., Spiliotis V., Ladikos D., Moutsatsou P., Koutinas A., Lyberatos G.
Topic: 
Bioplastics
In the present study different environmental and industrial waste streams are assessed as feedstock for the production of bioplastics adequate to be used for food packaging applications or for the formation of fully biodegradable garbage bags. For the production of bioplastics i.e...Read more
Keywords: 
poly-hydroxyalkanoates; waste valorization; phenolics; blue alga biomass; food packaging, food safety
Paper ID: 
cest2021_00710

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
Keywords: 
food waste; prevention; best practices
Paper ID: 
cest2021_00838