Τhe global population growth and the modern industrialization, drive our world into:
- Growth in food demand
- More carbon dioxide emissions and aggravation of greenhouse phenomenon
- Increased waste "production"
Nature always applied circular procedures in order to be sustainable and perpetual. Human activity, though, working like scissors, has altered the circle of life into a straight line.
As a result, various toxic trash and wastes are accumulated at the end of this line. Moreover, the problem is getting worse by the exhaustion of materials and natural resources.
As a result, various toxic trash and wastes are accumulated at the end of this line. Moreover, the problem is getting worse by the exhaustion of materials and natural resources.
Therefore, we have two options:
1."De-growth" (Poorer and happier? Here is the dilemma…)
2. Innovation technologies
Innovation technologies should be based on individual and collective behavior that will lead us into going doubly "green".
The exit from hunger and from the pollution of the environment, is the sustainable transition with which we are using our wastes as renewable raw material.
1."De-growth" (Poorer and happier? Here is the dilemma…)
2. Innovation technologies
Innovation technologies should be based on individual and collective behavior that will lead us into going doubly "green".
The exit from hunger and from the pollution of the environment, is the sustainable transition with which we are using our wastes as renewable raw material.
Biotechnology is the tool.
But what is biotechnology?
Biotechnology is the controlled use of cells for the production of compounds and for rendering of services.
From the municipal waste treatment and the production of bio-ethanol from corn to the production of antibiotics and the combating of diseases, biotechnology is a powerful tool that can serve humanity.
From natural food additives, nutraceuticals and pharmaceuticals to chemicals from organic raw material and bio-fuels, biotechnology can offer a wide range of useful products.
The good news is that biotechnology can and must use cheap or even zero cost raw materials (such as agro-industrial residues, food industries effluents), solving simultaneously the global waste problem.
But what is biotechnology?
Biotechnology is the controlled use of cells for the production of compounds and for rendering of services.
From the municipal waste treatment and the production of bio-ethanol from corn to the production of antibiotics and the combating of diseases, biotechnology is a powerful tool that can serve humanity.
From natural food additives, nutraceuticals and pharmaceuticals to chemicals from organic raw material and bio-fuels, biotechnology can offer a wide range of useful products.
The good news is that biotechnology can and must use cheap or even zero cost raw materials (such as agro-industrial residues, food industries effluents), solving simultaneously the global waste problem.