Dr. Sanja Šešlija, a Research Associate at University of Belgrade - Institute of Chemistry, Technology and Metallurgy, has spent five weeks at the National Institute of Chemistry, Ljubljana, Slovenia, as one of the representatives of Serbia in this year's edition of the EIT Climate-KIC program "Pioneers into Practice "implemented by Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia. The visit's central goals were directed toward the promotion of the re-use practices of agricultural waste and the foundation of positive socioeconomic effects of the scientific concept in which novel value is created from waste and polluting materials. The conducted research activities included extraction of pectin from waste apple pomace using conventional solvents, ionic liquids, deep eutectic solvents (DES), and the physico-chemical characterization of isolated products. This collaboration has joined together expertise and knowledge from two renowned scientific institutions and set the ground for the future development of more sustainable production of chemicals and environmental protection.