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Sustainable nutrient and energy management

Wheat field.
Agriculture around Linköping, Sweden. Photo: Genevieve Metson

Increasing efficiency and recycling of organic waste is key for food systems. Natural resources are the building blocks for all ecosystems, including those dominated by humans such as cities and farms.

Understanding where these resources are, how they flow on our landscapes, and why we see these use patterns are key questions to inform more sustainable management. Of particular interest to the group, is how to manage multiple natural resources at one including essential nutrients such as phosphorus, nitrogen, and potassium. These nutrients are essential fertilizers in our food production systems, but can also act as pollutants when they are lost to waterways. Finding ways to increase efficient use and recycling of nutrients must also be done

  1. in the context of mitigating greenhouse gas emissions (e.g. promoting renewable fuels),
  2. adapting to climate change,
  3. accounting for social and ecological constraints, including cultural priorities and preferences.

Our projects

Circle of water.

End-of-wastewater

END-OF-WASTEWATER is a transdisciplinary research project running from 2020-2023.
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The consumer’s role in sustainable nutrient management

In this project we are looking into how consumers contribute to and are affected by nutrients management.
Planet earth and recycle symbol.

Nutrient recycling in Pakistan

This project focuses on the capacity of recycling organic waste to close yield gaps and meet sustainable development goals.
The image shows the theoretical transportation of digested manure to crop land areas based on nutrient needs in the South of Sweden

Biobased economy in Sweden

This project aims to quantify Sweden’s potential to recycle nutrients in manure back into food production and look at the logistical implications of recycling from a cost and transport perspective at both the national and regional scale.
Photo from South African URBWAT.

The URBWAT project

This project aims to improve access to water and sanitation for all by working in close cooperation with inhabitants of informal settlements to implement innovative grey-water reticulation and treatment systems.
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Multi-dimensional sustainability for the Swedish food system

This project is combining expertise from diverse disciplines to evaluate interventions for a more sustainable Swedish food system.

Contact

 
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Genevieve Metson

Organisation

Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM)

Undergraduate teaching and research in the areas of biology, chemistry, materials and applied physics and theory and modelling are conducted at this department.

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