PlasCarb

PlasCarb developed novel methods to transform food waste into a sustainable source of significant economic added value, i.e. high value graphitic carbon and renewable hydrogen.

PlasCarb (Innovative plasma based transformation of food waste into high value graphitic carbon and renewable hydrogen)

140 million tonnes of food and plant waste are produced annually in Europe. PlasCarb aimed to transform this into a sustainable source of significant economic added value, i.e. high value graphitic carbon and renewable hydrogen. The vast majority of hydrogen and carbon used today in industry are derived from fossil petroleum sources, the majority of which are imported into the EU from regions which are often politically unstable or competitive. PlasCarb extended beyond current Best Available Techniques (BAT) in the valorisation of food waste of anaerobic digestion (AD) in order to generate renewable energy.