The ReThink Waste Challenge is an international student competition organised by Wageningen University & Research. The goal is to come up with a business idea or a prototype that contributes to a circular biobased economy, bringing a zero-waste future one step closer.
The teams that will continue are:
- Adline
Sustainable food raw material utilization in food processing. - Afterlife
Challenging the afterlife of conventionally dead agro-food waste. - BB&B
Direct clean waste stream from plum processing companies to insulation production. - Brotis
Turning bread waste into healthy on-the-go snacks. - Bubb/e
Generating energy out of waste gases using a bubble column power generator. - Cult Factor
Creating a sustainable and cost-effective cellular agriculture industry. - Eco-protein
Recovering protein from waste meat exudate for industrial applications. - Eco-living
A digital food waste bank innovation connecting households, food waste managers, and customers. - ElectrOlive
Obtaining energy and reducing waste in the olive industry. - Fermentera
Fermenting waste from the pineapple industry into products. - Go-Biolet
Turning waste biomass to biopellets as an alternative for wood. - Live Twice
Transforming agricultural waste to resources for various industries - Pomace
Flavour and aroma compounds from residual cider production streams. - Sunsoil Energy
Replacing mulch or plastic inside greenhouses. - Waste^2
Maximum energy recovery of energy from digestate. - Wastebook
Precise accounting methods for food waste and loss quantities. - Watercoin
Solving problems related to the availability of drinking water - Zerowaste Cashews
Developing high-value products from the cashew apple.
After the next round (late May), only the top 10 candidates will advance to the final, which takes place at the end of June .
See also:
Nearly 200 students from over the world join the quest for a zero-waste future with the WUR ReThink Waste Challenge (article, Agro&Chemistry 12 January 2023)
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