Dr. Carol Lin, Associate Professor, has been awarded HK$ 2,682,810 by the Research Grants Council (RGC) via European Union (EU)-Hong Kong Research and Innovation Cooperation Co-funding Mechanism. It is a part of European Horizon 2020 research and development project titled “Lactic acid and biosurfactants sourced from sustainable agricultural and industrial (food) WASTE feedstocks as novel FUNCtional ingredients for consumer products” (acronym: WASTE2FUNC) (Figure 1). This project was submitted in Topic ID: BBI-2020-S01-D1 Resolve supply-chain hurdles for turning residual waste streams into functional molecules for food and/or non-food market applications in Horizon 2020 Framework Programme.
Our recent review titled ‘Biotechnology of Plastic Waste Degradation, Recycling, and Valorization: Current Advances and Future Perspectives’ has been published in ChemSusChem under the Special Collection of ‘Chemical Upcycling of Waste Plastics’.
We sincerely appreciate Zihao's great effort and leadership in the preparation of the Front Cover and Cover Profile!
Also, our review paper has been selected as Front Profile & Front Cover in this SI of ChemSusChem. The special issue is scheduled to be published on October 5, 2021.
CRF Kick-off Meeting on June 2, 2021.
The first CRF Monthly Meeting was held at the Interdisciplinary Multi-function Room (G7603, YEUNG) on 2 June 2021. All CRF Co-Principal Investigators and their research team members participated in this meeting. More about this article here.
Visit of Chinese University of Hong Kong Medical Centre on April 1, 2021
As invited by Prof. Houmin YAN (Chair Professor of Department of Management Science; PI of another CRF COVID project titled ‘Resilient PPE Supply Chains for Hong Kong Health Systems: Current and Post Covid-19 Pandemic’), Dr. Carol Lin and Dr. Edwin Tso visited the Chinese University of Hong Kong Medical Centre with Prof. Yan’s CRF research team members on April 1, 2021.
Nature Conference: Waste Management and Valorisation for a Sustainable Future
This program will offer a timely opportunity for knowledge exchange among professionals from all over the world to assist the formulation of an efficient sustainable management agenda for biological waste and remediation of soil, water and air in the local context, which satisfies the environmental compatibility, financial feasibility and social needs. It will deliberate on state-of-the-art treatment technologies, advanced management strategies, and political issues pertaining to recycling and recovery of organic waste.
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CityU-led Collaborative Research Worth of HK$19m Rewarded for Covid-19 Projects
Dr Carol Lin Sze-ki, Associate Professor in the School of Energy and Environment, is coordinating a project on reducing the transmission of the novel coronavirus and other infectious diseases using food waste-derived medical textiles via electrospinning for healthcare apparel and personal protective equipment (PPE).
“PPE is currently a hot topic,” said Dr Lin, whose project attracted HK$5.5 million in the one-off collaborative exercise. “It is probably the most discussed and emotive subject for front-line healthcare workers who work with patients with the coronavirus disease.”
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Nature Forum on Plastics and Sustainability
Dr. Carol Lin was invited as one of the keynote speakers in the Nature Forum on Plastics and Sustainability (Home - Nature Forum on Plastics and Sustainability).
There was an overwhelming turnout of 864 live attendees for this event. They were engaged and asked great questions throughout the event.
If you would like to view the event from the audience's perspective, please click here.
New book published in Wiley Renewable Resource Series
Congratulations to Guneet, Xiaofeng (Samuel) Yang and Li Chong for being co-editors of their first book published by Wiley Renewable Resource Series.
Lin, C.S.K., Li, C., Kaur, G., Yang, X. (2020) Waste Valorisation: Waste streams in a circular economy. Renewable Resource Series. John Wiley & Sons Limited, Chichester, United Kingdom.
Read more here
環保紡織！廚餘煉紗製
BBC Future, Why clothes are so hard to recycle
Explore the fast-growing garment industry and the challenge it presents. Read about the research group's efforts to tackle these issues.
Congratulations to Deka, Huaimin, Ong and Xiaotong on their PhD graduation!
13th July, 2019
Dr.Lin and Dr.Mettu's groundbreaking research receives an award from the Grand Challenges Exploration program set up by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Read about their research here.
