Motivated by the increasing global demand for water, energy and food, together with need to minimize the carbon footprint of food production, we combine fundamental and applied research to develop sustainable processes by integrating biological and thermo-chemical technologies to recover valuable resources from solid waste.

News:

Our new paper on multilayer plastic film is now available online
Dec 17, 2023

Nadav Halali is going to present our activity on the Black Soldier Fly project in the upcoming student day in Newe Ya'ar.
Oct 4, 2023

Osama Khoury in one of the graduate students to receive the Dairy Board Scholarships for 2023. Congratulations!

Dec 17, 2023

Media:

How Your Food Waste Could Eventually Power Your Home

The first symposium on waste management at the model farm for sustainable agriculture
July 13, 2023

Our PRIMA project was selected for funding
Jan 4, 2023

Solution to plastic pollution is the theme of the the World Environment Day
June 5, 2023

Our new paper on P recovery from sludge is now available online
Sep 1, 2023

ד"ר רועי פוסמניק מספר על מחקרים לצמצום בזבוז מזון

ד"ר רועי פוסמניק מדבר בגלי צה"ל על הפיכת פסולת חקלאית לאנרגיה

We are honored to be part of this great consortium to create a circular economy with the black soldier fly
Jan 4, 2023

Ran Darzi and Osama Khoury gave great talks on the DDD International Conference in Sede Boqer
Jan 4, 2023

A new book chapter is now available in IWA publishing
March 29, 2022

Congratulations to Rani who published his first PhD paper on upcycling of plastic waste
March 27, 2022

We are proud to be a part of Volcani Institute were people from all religions are working together in harmony for decades.
A short video from Newe Ya'ar.
June 2, 2021

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Research

Biomass to Energy

Most Waste-to-Energy technologies are still at an emerging stage with a lot of room for innovation. Process optimization requires fundamental research on each one of the conversion processes. An important step involves experimental research to identify chemical and metabolic pathways that will be essential to maximize conversion yields of biomass to biofuels for both thermochemical and biological platforms.

Upcycling of Plastic Waste

Accumulation of plastic waste is harming eco-systems and it is time to move towards a circular plastic economy. Sustainable production and recycling processes for plastics are challenged mostly by the lack of renewable building blocks. We investigate hydrothermal processing (HTP) as a platform for depolymerization of commonly used plastic polymers.
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Nutrient Cycling

Holistic approaches to valorize waste streams seek to recover nutrients in a reusable form for further agricultural applications. Our lab seeks to better understand the fate of recycled nutrients and their incorporation into the complex plant-soil-atmosphere system.

Life Cycle Assessment

The development of sustainable and commercial-scale waste to resource systems must be supported by a life cycle environmental impact assessment to define research priorities. In addition, financing conditions, that would make waste to resource systems attractive, have to be determined. Specific parameters that account for uncertainties related to the development of these technologies will provide more useful information for investors and policy makers.

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People

Dr. Roy Posmanik
Group leader

Roy works in the field of environmental science and engineering with the interest in sustainable resource recovery from agricultural and food processing waste.

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Dr. Matat Zohar
Lab manager

Matat holds a PhD in biology from Ben Gurion University of the Negev.

She joined the group at 2019, working on the integration between waste management and plant development.

Dr. Ran Darzi
Postdoctoral fellow

Ran holds a PhD from the Technion. Since 2023 he is a postdoc fellow in the lab working on upcycling of plastic waste.

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Osama Khoury

PhD student

Osama is a PhD candidate co-advised with Prof. Sabrina Spatari, Technion.

Research: LCA-TEA for hydrothermal systems.

Itamar Kaffman

MSc student

Itamar is an MSc student (HUJI). Research: Resource recovery from anaerobic digestates.

Nadav Halali

MSc student

Nadav is an MSc student co-advised with Prof. Sabrina Spatari, Technion. Research: Energy optimization in Black Soldier Fly farming.

Achiya Husrabi

MSc student

Achiya is an MSc student (HUJI) co-advised with Dr. Guy Levi (ARO and Dr. Michael Borisover (ARO). Research: The role of organic carbon in soil amended with anaerobic digestate.