On April 26, 2018, the European Commission (EC) announced €22 million in funding though the Bio-Based Industries Joint Undertaking (BBI JU) for AgriChemWhey, a bio-economy research project aiming to convert dairy byproducts into reusable biobased products. AgriChemWhey was developed by Glanbia Ireland, University College Dublin, and Trinity College Dublin, with the objective of developing a bio-refinery that can convert low-value dairy byproducts, including excess whey permeate and delactosed whey permeate, to sustainable lactic acid. The lactic acid can then be used as a biobased fertilizer, for human nutrition, or for the production of biodegradable plastics.

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