Name: Beyond the Bin: Waste Reimagined
Start: 2026-05-18T19:30:00
End: 2026-05-18T21:00:00
Location: Murphy's Pub Rathmines

Straw becomes packaging, food waste becomes protein, and chemistry goes green—see how science is reimagining waste as a resource.

Making Chemistry Green

Joshua Thorogood (PhD Researcher)

Mimicking photosynthesis in a test tube for a cleaner world

Packaged By Nature

Ananthakrishnan Pacheeri (PhD Scholar)

Can you imagine a completely biodegradable, eco-friendly packaging material made from wheat straw and oat straw grown just a few miles from Dublin?

Waste to Taste

Nicola Sunderland (PhD Researcher)

My research looks at valorising food waste for sustainable for alternative protein production, improving functionality and impact in food systems.

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