BEASTIES

Food waste is a rising environmental problem, with around 58 million tons of food waste produced yearly in the European Union. In the context of circular bioeconomy, food waste valorization has emerged as a critical strategy for environmental management and resource recovery. Rich in readily biodegradable material, food waste offers significant potential for the production…

Thermophilic anaerobic digestors treating sewage sludge and other industrial processes produce warm nitrogen-rich wastewaters (>45⁰C) that are currently being treated by cooling to mesophilic temperatures. This approach presents major operational challenges, increasing the treatment costs and compromising the sustainability of the treatment plant. While the anammox (anaerobic ammonium oxidation) process-carried out by a group of…