PhD-candidate Solveig Johannesdottir and researcher Jennifer McConville participated in the annual BONUS RETURN meeting in Helsinki 28th-29th of May. The internal meeting was followed by a regional learning event on the 30th, where external partners were invited to participate. The learning event started with an introduction to the RETURN project, followed by presentations and panel discussion… Continue reading BONUS RETURN annual meeting and regional learning event in Helsinki
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Workshop on Systematic Review Methods
Solveig Johannesdottir, doctoral candidate in our research group, attended a workshop in Systematic Review Methods in Warszaw 17-18th of May. The workshop was held by Mistra Council for Evidence Based Environmental Management, endorsed by the Collaboration for Environmental Evidence. The workshop was led by Neal Haddaway and Biljana Macura, both at the Stockholm Environment Institute.… Continue reading Workshop on Systematic Review Methods
Our fly larvae composting research is featured in a Swedish journal “Forskning & Framsteg”
Cecilia Lalander, the researcher leading fly larvae composting research at the Environmental Engineering group, has been interviewed by Anna Froster for the Swedish popular scientific journal Forskning & Framsteg. The article discusses various issues and achievements around the use of black soldier fly larvae to convert waste to value. Among others, the benefits discussed are… Continue reading Our fly larvae composting research is featured in a Swedish journal “Forskning & Framsteg”
Ni hao!
Between 4-20th of May, four members of our fly larvae composting team (Cecilia Lalander, Evgheni Ermolaev, Giulio Zorzetto and Viktoria Wiklicky) left their natural habitat in Sweden (desks and greenhouse) and traded it for a temporary new home a bit further east: China. Their first stop was Fuyang, a city considered “small” by Chinese standards,… Continue reading Ni hao!
Questionnaire design and mangement course
Prithvi Simha, Doctoral Candidate in our research group attended a week long course between 14-18 May 2018, in Kaunas, Lithuania. The course was organised by the Nordic Forestry, Veterinary and Agricultural University (NOVA) Network and co-ordinated by Prof. Ulf Emanuelson, SLU. The course tackled several key issues regarding the design of questionnaires, respondent psychology, biases, and statistical… Continue reading Questionnaire design and mangement course
Full-scale urine drying trials at SLU
This week, the Environmental Engineering group at SLU starts its full-scale urine drying experiments. The group has designed and built 6 household-scale urine drying prototypes for the experiments. Over the coming months, every day, these units will be drying 24 litres of urine. The biggest challenge so far has been to collect enough daily fresh… Continue reading Full-scale urine drying trials at SLU
Join Run4Life@IFAT / The virtuous circle of integrated nutrient recovery in Munich on May 17th
The H2020 Run4Life project is organising a Stakeholder Engagement Workshop as a side event at the IFAT trade fair in Munich, on May 17th. Everyone with an interest in nutrient recovery is invited to take part in this inspiring event. The programme includes a wide variety of speakers ensuring that it will be a very… Continue reading Join Run4Life@IFAT / The virtuous circle of integrated nutrient recovery in Munich on May 17th
Implementing Urine Drying technology in Durban, South Africa
Prithvi Simha, Jenna Senecal, and Björn Vinnerås just returned after spending a week in Durban, South Africa. We travelled there to present our novel sanitation technology called alkaline urine dehydration to several potential collaborators, and to see if the technology could fit into the local context. We met with sanitation experts from the Pollution Research… Continue reading Implementing Urine Drying technology in Durban, South Africa
Edible Insects: the Value Chain, symposium at Wageningen
Last month, Giulio Zorzetto from our research group participated in the ‘Edible Insects: the value chain‘ symposium hosted by Wageningen University at Ede, Netherlands. The symposium celebrated 10 years of research related to the utilization of insects as novel food and feed. Giulio contributed to the event by presenting a poster on the cold storage… Continue reading Edible Insects: the Value Chain, symposium at Wageningen
The 2018 Water Prize ceremony in Stockholm
Professor Håkan Jonsson received the 2018 Water Prize from Föreningen Vatten yesterday (14.03.2018) for his work on nutrient recycling. Many congratulations to him from all of us at the kretsloppsteknik research group at SLU!Marta Ahlquist-Juhlén from Föreningen vatten delivering the Vatten-priset to Professor Håkan Jönsson; PC – Magnus Berglund