Publications by authors named "Suzy Clare Moody"
Background: Intensive global food production causes soil, water and air pollution, which has a negative impact on our health and future ability to produce sufficient nutritious food. Plant-based diets have the potential to reduce the environmental damage associated with the global food chain.
Aims: The project sought to understand drivers of food waste and to improve food sustainability in a busy, tertiary referral hospital in England.
Article Synopsis
- Textile waste is a mix of natural and synthetic fibers, leading to environmental pollution through microplastics and air pollution when incinerated.
- The study explores using edible fungi for bioremediation of textile waste, showing that three types of fungi can grow on a blend of cotton, bamboo viscose, and elastane while metabolizing the dye Reactive Black 5.
- Results indicate the potential of using these fungi for biotechnological applications, although no mushrooms were produced, indicating more research is needed to optimize conditions for cultivating fungi on waste textiles.
Textile waste contributes to the pollution of both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. While natural textile fibres are known to be biodegraded by microbes, the vast majority of textiles now contain a mixture of processed plant-derived polymers and synthetic materials generated from petroleum and are commonly dyed with azo dyes. This presents a complex recycling problem as the separation of threads and removal of dye are challenging and costly.
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