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Dr Lena Madden pictured at LIT's Moylish campus
Clare academic to fore of LIT project to turn waste into profit
March 4, 2021
CLARE woman Dr Lena Madden is at the forefront of an exciting new project from LIT that speaks to a number of the world’s pressing issues, writes Kevin Corbett.
A staggering 4.2 million tonnes of food waste is generated in Ireland each year, with some of the material finding its way, sometimes in toxic form, back into the landscape.
The potential to exploit this byproduct for numerous purposes, like fuel, fertiliser or animal feeds is underexplored currently in Ireland – something Lena and her colleagues wish to change.