Wonki Collective: giving businesses the power to turn waste into resource

Wonki Collective：赋予企业变废为宝的能力

• 批准号: 10073368
• 金额: $ 6.37万
• 依托单位: WONKI COLLECTIVE LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Grant for R&D
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10073368
• 关键词: Wonki; Collective; giving; businesses; power

We're on a mission to better use the world's resources by creating a circular and resilient food system. More than 1.6 billion tons of food are wasted every year, 40% of which occurs at the beginning of the value chain. This causes economic losses of $660 billion in the food industry. In the UK alone this is associated with more than 25 million tonnes of GHG emissions.We simply don't believe this has to be the only way. We partner with UK food manufacturers and apply our intelligent machine learning technology to allow them to better understand the environmental and economic value of their by-product 'waste'. Our material matchmaking technology then effortlessly enables them to move away from a linear supply chain, towards a circular economy turning food 'waste' into a resource. For each by-product ingredient, our new intelligent machine learning technology identifies:- the highest value reuse options across multiple industries, considering both financial returns and keeping the highest nutritious value,- Potential buyers/takers, with a view at limiting transport to the minimum, and- Convenient logistic support, to make it time and cost effective for businesses to sell/give/reuse this waste.This way, businesses can become more circular while continuing to focus on their main business.Food by-products can contain high amounts of nutritious value, from fats to proteins. However no one is analysing the use across multiple sectors with the view on (1) creating circularity, (2) reducing the use of virgin materials where possible, (3) creating a more resilient food system. That's where we come in.We're starting off focusing on 3 key by-products: starch, brewers spent grain and fruit pulp. We've identified these by-products as having potential to be upcycled into valuable ingredients without over intensive energy usage to process them but with multiple potential uses across the food industry as ingredients. If you're a food manufacturer in this area please do feel free to reach out to us to understand more about how we can support you to building a more circular food system.

我们的使命是通过创建一个循环和有弹性的食品系统来更好地利用世界资源。每年有超过16亿吨的食物被浪费，其中40%发生在价值链的开始。这给食品工业造成了6600亿美元的经济损失。仅在英国，这就与超过2500万吨的温室气体排放有关。我们只是不相信这一定是唯一的方法。我们与英国食品制造商合作，应用我们的智能机器学习技术，让他们更好地了解其副产品“废物”的环境和经济价值。我们的材料匹配技术使他们能够毫不费力地摆脱线性供应链，走向循环经济，将食品“废物”转化为资源。对于每一种副产品成分，我们新的智能机器学习技术都能识别：-在多个行业中最高价值的再利用选项，既考虑财务回报，又保持最高的营养价值;-潜在的买家/接受者，旨在将运输限制到最低限度;以及-方便的物流支持，使企业能够以时间和成本效益的方式出售/给予/再利用这些废物。这样，企业可以在继续专注于其主要业务的同时变得更加循环。食品副产品可以含有大量的营养价值，从脂肪到蛋白质。然而，没有人分析多个部门的使用情况，以期（1）创造循环，（2）尽可能减少使用原始材料，（3）创造一个更具弹性的食品系统。这就是我们的切入点。我们开始关注3个关键的副产品：淀粉、啤酒糟和果浆。我们已经确定这些副产品有可能被升级为有价值的成分，而无需过度使用能源来加工它们，但在食品行业中有多种潜在用途。如果您是这一领域的食品制造商，请随时联系我们，了解我们如何支持您建立一个更加循环的食品系统。