SCIENTISTS are working on a three-year £3million scheme to save millions of tons of waste from food production being dumped in landfill or in the fields.
The University of Bangor's Bio-composites Centre is aiming to turn the unused leftovers from fruit, vegetable and grain crops from agriculture into products ranging from chemicals for the food industry, building materials and beauty products.
It could add value to a range of residues from crops grown in the EU including rapeseed, oranges, tomatoes and olives, much of which is currently ending up in landfill, used for animal feed or left to rot in the fields.