{"id":2828,"date":"2025-11-10T10:20:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T10:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/impress-he.eu\/?p=2828"},"modified":"2025-11-10T10:20:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T10:20:19","slug":"new-publication-by-university-college-cork-shellfish-processing-wastewater-characterization-of-a-group-of-wastewater-resources-for-future-valorisation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impress-he.eu\/nn\/2025\/11\/10\/new-publication-by-university-college-cork-shellfish-processing-wastewater-characterization-of-a-group-of-wastewater-resources-for-future-valorisation\/","title":{"rendered":"New Publication by University College Cork &#8211; Shellfish processing wastewater: characterization of a group of wastewater resources for future valorisation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are elated to share a new peer-reviewed publication from the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucc.ie\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">University College Cork<\/a><\/strong>, titled <strong>\u201cShellfish processing wastewater: characterization of a group of wastewater resources for future valorisation.\u201d<\/strong> The research was conducted by <strong>Iv\u00e1n Loaiza, Neil E. Coughlan, Gavin Burnell,<\/strong> and <strong>Marcel A.K. Jansen<\/strong> at the <strong>School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences<\/strong> and the <strong>Environmental Research Institute<\/strong>, as part of the <strong>IMPRESS project<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The study explores the <strong>composition and valorisation potential<\/strong> of wastewaters generated by the <strong>shellfish processing industry<\/strong>, focusing on species such as mussels, crabs, scallops, and oysters. Findings reveal significant variation in wastewater characteristics, such as <strong>biochemical oxygen demand (BOD\u2085), total nitrogen (TN), ammonia, sulphates, and suspended solids<\/strong>, depending on the shellfish species, processing methods, and end products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among the different species, <strong>mussel processing wastewater<\/strong> showed the highest concentrations of organic and nutrient loads, often exceeding international effluent discharge limits. However, the research highlights that these nutrient-rich waste streams also represent <strong>valuable resources<\/strong> for circular bioeconomy applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By implementing <strong>innovative remediation and valorisation strategies<\/strong>, such as cultivating complementary species (e.g., <strong>plants or algae<\/strong>) on wastewater, the industry can both reduce environmental impact and recover useful compounds. This approach supports <strong>circular economy principles<\/strong> and contributes to achieving a <strong>zero-waste seafood sector<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Read the full article<\/strong> \u2935\ufe0f<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0301479725035716\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Shellfish processing wastewater: characterization of a group of wastewater resources for future valorisation<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-background\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This summary was written by <a href=\"https:\/\/reframe.food\/\">reframe.food<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shellfish processing generates nutrient-rich wastewater that often exceeds discharge limits, but also offers opportunities for valorisation. This study from University College Cork explores how mussel, crab, scallop, and other shellfish wastewaters can be transformed into valuable resources through circular economy approaches, such as cultivating plants or algae, supporting a zero-waste seafood industry.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2829,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":22,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[60,14,81,101,76,102],"class_list":["post-2828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-publications","tag-circular-economy","tag-impress","tag-publication","tag-shellfish-processing-wastewater","tag-university-college-cork","tag-zero-waste-seafood"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/impress-he.eu\/nn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/impress-he.eu\/nn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/impress-he.eu\/nn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impress-he.eu\/nn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impress-he.eu\/nn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2828"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/impress-he.eu\/nn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2828\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2830,"href":"https:\/\/impress-he.eu\/nn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2828\/revisions\/2830"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impress-he.eu\/nn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/impress-he.eu\/nn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impress-he.eu\/nn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impress-he.eu\/nn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}