End-of-Waste

About

End-of-Waste (EoW) is a multidisciplinary consortium of 30+ research groups from AUGent working on the valorisation of biomass to facilitate the transition towards a more circular and biobased economy.

Goal

To encourage and facilitate Science-2-Business (S2B) collaborations in closing the loop of biological (side) stream valorisation to improve production efficiency according to a zero-waste approach and to stimulate the transition towards a more circular and sustainable biobased economy.

Focus

Recovery of the valuable compounds from the biological streams and incorporating them in the sectors such as: food&feed, agronomy, cosmetics, textiles, chemicals. Possibilities are endless, but here are some examples:

    •  fertilizers, soil enhancers,
    • antimicrobial, antioxidative additives
    • colorants/pigments
    • fillers, adhesives, solvents,
    • fibres and oils replacing synthetic products
    • bio-based building blocks for chemicals
    • other bio-based substitutes for fossil resources, such as plastics, fine chemicals, energy carriers

How to collaborate with us?

NetworkWe listen to the industry needs and set-up applied R&D projects to meet the wishes of researchers and companies.

 Long and short term collaboration is possible via:

      • Bilateral research projects
      • R&D projects and co-development of technologies
      • Partnership in the national and international subsidized projects (VLAIO, H2020, Horizon Europe, …)
      • Licensing, patenting, spin-offs
      • Projects with the finality of Internship, MSc or PhD based on the company needs 

Organization

UGent liaison with industry is executed by a network of specialized business development centres supported by the Central Technology Transfer Office (CTTO).

UGent CTTO consists of a team of specialists (business lawyers, IP advisors and attorneys, business developers and investment managers) to facilitate Science2Business collaboration.

Industrial Liaison Network