20Mt of food waste is produced annually in the UK (8Mt from manufacturing industries; 4 Mt from catering). Management of these wastes is increasingly difficult due to legislative restrictions on landfilling, need to meet C&I landfill reduction targets and disposal costs.
Reliable separation of complex waste streams into components to permit maximum recycle is fundamental to sustainable production and resource efficiency. Highly selective extraction of material from complex systems can be achieved under mild conditions using specifically designed ionic liquids (ILs). This will be exploited in EXCIL to recover value from food-based waste sources derived from manufacturing processes and post commercial catering/retail use.
EXCIL is a collaborative project funded by the Technology Strategy Board and led by C-Tech Innovation.
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