Name: Waste Not, Want Not: Turning Food Waste into Freshness and Future Materials
Start: 2026-05-20T19:00:00
End: 2026-05-20T21:00:00
Location: Murphy's Pub Rathmines

Sunlight, CO₂, and food waste are becoming the building blocks of a new kind of chemistry. Explore how researchers are using biology and innovation to create packaging, materials, and solutions from what we once called waste.

From orange peels to fresher strawberries

Luana Carnaval (PhD Student)

Using ultrasound to upgrade citrus waste pectin into an edible coating that reduces spoilage, mould, and weight loss—keeping strawberries fresh for longer.

Tiny Algae, Big Solutions

Prafulla Sabbanwar (PhD Student)

Explaining how microalgae can help fight pollution, climate change, and support sustainable food, by using sunlight, water, and CO2 to turn waste into useful products.

Getting bioplastics from cheese waste

Ciara Lynch (Postdoctoral Researcher at BiOrbic)

Did you know for every 1 kg of cheese we make, it takes 10 kg of milk? The other 9 kg is disposed of as a waste, which takes energy and can be very costly for cheese producers. Instead, I am training bacteria in how to consume this waste and make useful bioplastics from it.

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