Waste Resource Management

Take a Circular Economy approach and learn how ‘waste’ can become a valuable resource

This module focusses on resource management within the food sector highlighting the latest relevant research within production, processing and retail. Students will learn about the latest advances in waste management technology, considering resource management strategies from across the spectrum of UK and international business types within food supply networks.

Content

The course will consist of a series of lectures and guided learning focused on:

List of Units

Waste resource management in a circular economy	Resource efficiency, legislation, environmental impacts
The waste hierarchy	Prevention of waste through to valorisation, lifecycle assessment
Decision making frameworks	- for resource management.
Food and packaging waste prevention	Surplus resource management, mapping supply to demand including case studies from production, processing and retail
Reusing resources	What could be reused, preparation for reuse, repurposing
Recycling	If you can’t reuse it can you recycle it? Examples and case studies
Valorisation	Extracting high value products from waste and side streams, methods and examples

Tutors

Tutors Name
Dr Sarah Watson Jones
Dr Will Stiles