Before that beautiful salmon filet lands on your plate, a lot of less appetizing stuff gets stripped away: By one estimate, the global seafood industry produces 64 million metric tons of waste each year. A new study suggests a potentially sweeter fate for all those heads and guts: They can be turned into a coal-like substance called hydrochar, which could be used as fuel or added to soil to improve fertility and sequester carbon (Energy Fuels 2015, DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.5b01671).

Classified as: biofuel, bioresource engineering, seafood waste, Shrikalaa Kannan, turning waste into biofuel
Published on: 16 Dec 2015

Chaque année, des millions de poussins mâles, jugés sans valeur par l'industrie des poules pondeuses, sont euthanasiés dès leur sortiede l'oeuf. Une pratique que l'Allemagne veut cesser d'ici 2017, et à laquelle une mystérieuse invention de l'Université pourrait mettre fin....Au Québec, l'Université planche aussi secrètement sur une technologie semblable.

Classified as: bioresource engineering, chickens, Faculty of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Michael Ngadi, Research
Published on: 11 Dec 2015

Bioresource Engineering professor Mark Lefsrud and PhD candidate Débora Parrine were featured on CBC's The National on Tuesday, September 22.

Mark spoke about his work with Urban Barns, and how the new growth systems that he is developing are changing the face of agriculture.

Classified as: bioresource engineering, Mark Lefsrud, Urban Barns
Published on: 23 Sep 2015
Posting by IWRM alumni - Journey Behind The Lens: Dodging Madagascar's Plague Outbreak





Classified as: Sustainability, IWRM, water resources
Published on: 14 Jan 2014
Posting by IWRM alumni -Reforesting Madagascar's Highlands: A Lesson From Nature

Classified as: Sustainability, IWRM, water resources
Published on: 14 Jan 2014
IJC Guidance Document by IWRM alumni - 'Seeking Orders of Approval'

Classified as: Sustainability, IWRM, water resources
Published on: 14 Jan 2014

Congratulations to John-Michael Davis for being awarded theJohn R Goldsmith foundation student prize!

Classified as: Sustainability, IWRM, water resources
Published on: 14 Jan 2014
Posting by IWRM alumni -The Bitter and the Sweet: Finding Opportunity in the Life Cycle of Erosion
Classified as: Sustainability, IWRM, water resources
Published on: 14 Jan 2014
NatGeo Post by an IWRM alumni - 'Severe Erosion Reveals Earth's Treasures'





Classified as: Sustainability, IWRM, water resources
Published on: 14 Jan 2014

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