Huge volumes of whey go to waste. We could do much more with this nutrient-rich liquid
- Written by Jack Hetherington, Phd Candidate in circular business models, University of Adelaide
Cheesemaking leaves large volumes of wheyLysenko Andrii/ShutterstockEvery year, 7.6 million tonnes of food is lost or wasted in Australia. When we think about this, we might picture mouldy fruit, stale bread and overly full fridges. But in fact, almost half of this waste happens before food ever gets to us. Waste is common in food production,...





