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University of York - Bioeconomy: How Renewable Resources Can Help the Future of Our Planet 

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Bioeconomy: How Renewable Resources Can Help the Future of Our Planet
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Overview

Duration

8 hours

Total fee

2,205

Mode of learning

Online

Credential

Certificate

Bioeconomy: How Renewable Resources Can Help the Future of Our Planet
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Highlights

  • Explore what the bioeconomy is and which sectors it includes.
  • Identify some of the skills needed to pursue a career in the bioeconomy and some of the bioeconomy career paths available.
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Bioeconomy: How Renewable Resources Can Help the Future of Our Planet
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More about this course
  • On this course, you will look at the ways you can make the most of renewable, biological resources, including what you might think of as waste, and how the world can move away from a fossil-based economy to a bioeconomy.
  • You will start this course by gaining an understanding of what a bioeconomy is and which sectors it includes.
  • With the climate crisis being of constant concern, you will assess why the move away from non-renewable resources is so important and identify the skills required to transition to a bio-based economy. This will also include the skills needed to pursue a career in the bioeconomy and the many career paths available.
  • On this course, you will delve into natural resources, such as plants and microbes, and how they can be used to produce high-value chemicals for the personal care, food, drink, and pharma sectors.
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Bioeconomy: How Renewable Resources Can Help the Future of Our Planet
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Curriculum

Agri-tech, bio-based plastics and sustainability

Introductions

The bioeconomy: what, why and where?

Agri-tech and agricultural wastes

Bio-based plastics and products

Closing thoughts

Making use of unavoidable food waste and anaerobic digestion

Introduction

Making use of unavoidable food waste

From muck to brass: anaerobic digestion

A deep dive into anaerobic digestion

Closing thoughts

High-value chemicals from plants and microbes and careers in the bioeconomy

Introduction

Bio-based chemicals

Algae as a resource

A career in the bioeconomy

Closing thoughts

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