From waste to sustainable industry: How can agro-industrial wastes help in the development of new products?

LC Freitas, JR Barbosa, ALC da Costa… - Resources …, 2021 - Elsevier
Demand for food production has been promoting an increase in the generation of agro-
industrial wastes. Although in the past these wastes were mainly seen as a big issue, in the …

Design of biorefineries towards carbon neutrality: A critical review

AB Culaba, AP Mayol, JLG San Juan, AT Ubando… - Bioresource …, 2023 - Elsevier
The increase in worldwide demand for energy is driven by the rapid increase in population
and exponential economic development. This resulted in the fast depletion of fossil fuel …

Sustainable lactic acid production from lignocellulosic biomass

Y Li, SS Bhagwat, YR Cortés-Peña, D Ki… - ACS Sustainable …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Lignocellulosic biomass is a promising feedstock for sustainable biofuels and bioproducts.
Among emerging bioproducts, lactic acid has attracted significant interest because of its …

Life cycle assessment of bioethanol production from sugarcane bagasse using a gasification conversion process: bibliometric analysis, systematic literature review …

E Santoyo-Castelazo, E Santoyo, L Zurita-García… - Applied Thermal …, 2023 - Elsevier
A new integrated methodology to estimate environmental impacts of bioethanol production
from sugarcane bagasse was developed for Mexico. The methodology included five …

Integrated biorefinery development using winery waste streams for the production of bacterial cellulose, succinic acid and value-added fractions

K Filippi, H Papapostolou, M Alexandri, A Vlysidis… - Bioresource …, 2022 - Elsevier
An integrated biorefinery has been developed using winery wastes (grape pomace-GP,
stalks-GS, wine lees-WL). Bacterial cellulose was produced from GP extracted free sugars …

Safflower-based biorefinery producing a broad spectrum of biofuels and biochemicals: A life cycle assessment perspective

H Hosseinzadeh-Bandbafha, F Nazemi… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Global environmental awareness has encouraged further research towards biofuel
production and consumption. Despite the favorable properties of biofuels, the sustainability …

Life cycle and economic assessment of sugarcane bagasse valorization to lactic acid

M Munagala, Y Shastri, K Nalawade, K Konde… - Waste Management, 2021 - Elsevier
In this work, detailed life cycle assessment (LCA) and techno-economic analysis (TEA) of a
novel lactic acid (LA) production process from sugarcane bagasse is performed, with the …

The potential of emerging bio-based products to reduce environmental impacts

EAR Zuiderveen, KJJ Kuipers, C Caldeira… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The current debate on the sustainability of bio-based products questions the environmental
benefits of replacing fossil-by bio-resources. Here, we analyze the environmental trade-offs …

Lignocellulosic biorefineries: the path forward

P Moodley, C Trois - Sustainable biofuels, 2021 - Elsevier
Global energy demand is expected to increase by 48% in the next 20 years owing to the
precipitous increase in the global population. Currently, 80% of the energy demand is met …

Challenges and opportunities of winter vine pruning for global grape and wine industries

M Wei, T Ma, Q Ge, C Li, K Zhang, Y Fang… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
Green and sustainable development have become one of the core requirements of the wine
industry. Due to the needs of cultivation and management, a large number of winter vine …