Lignocellulosic biomass as renewable feedstock for biodegradable and recyclable plastics production: A sustainable approach

T Raj, K Chandrasekhar, AN Kumar, SH Kim - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2022 - Elsevier
Rapid increment in fossil-derived single-use plastic disposal has led to human-made plastic
mountains and leading to ecological imbalance. Therefore, the development of alternative …

[HTML][HTML] Lactic acid production–producing microorganisms and substrates sources-state of art

E Abedi, SMB Hashemi - Heliyon, 2020 - cell.com
Lactic acid is an organic compound produced via fermentation by different microorganisms
that are able to use different carbohydrate sources. Lactic acid bacteria are the main …

Challenges and opportunities in lactic acid bioprocess design—From economic to production aspects

RA de Oliveira, A Komesu, CEV Rossell… - Biochemical …, 2018 - Elsevier
Lactic acid is an already consolidated bioproduct in the world market. It has many
applications, such as: the production of biodegradable polymers, substitution of plastics from …

Sustainable utilization of pineapple wastes for production of bioenergy, biochemicals and value-added products: A review

PK Sarangi, TA Singh, NJ Singh, KP Shadangi… - Bioresource …, 2022 - Elsevier
Agricultural residues play a pivotal role in meeting the growing energy and bulk chemicals
demand and food security of society. There is global concern about the utilization of fossil …

Cultivation of microalgae on food waste: Recent advances and way forward

Y Kumar, S Kaur, A Kheto, M Munshi, A Sarkar… - Bioresource …, 2022 - Elsevier
Microalgae are photosynthetic microbes that can synthesize compounds of therapeutic
potential with wide applications in the food, bioprocessing and pharmaceutical sector …

Design, implementation, and evaluation of an Internet of Things (IoT) network system for restaurant food waste management

Z Wen, S Hu, D De Clercq, MB Beck, H Zhang… - Waste management, 2018 - Elsevier
Catering companies around the world generate tremendous amounts of waste; those in
China are no exception. The paper discusses the design, implementation, and evaluation of …

Minimizing hazardous impact of food waste in a circular economy–Advances in resource recovery through green strategies

Z Usmani, M Sharma, AK Awasthi, GD Sharma… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Recent trends in food waste and its management have increasingly started to focus on
treating it as a reusable resource. The hazardous impact of food waste such as the release …

Towards sustainability of lactic acid and poly-lactic acid polymers production

A Djukić-Vuković, D Mladenović, J Ivanović… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2019 - Elsevier
Lactic acid (LA) is a platform chemical which can be produced biotechnologically on
agricultural residues, wastes and by-products and further used for production of …

Techno-economic analysis of a food waste valorisation process for lactic acid, lactide and poly (lactic acid) production

TH Kwan, Y Hu, CSK Lin - Journal of cleaner production, 2018 - Elsevier
A sustainable food waste valorisation process was proposed by designing a plant with a
capacity of 10 metric tons (MT) hour− 1 of food waste powder with a 20-year lifetime. Three …

Understanding the management of household food waste and its engineering for sustainable valorization-A state-of-the-art review

D Haldar, AM Shabbirahmed, RR Singhania… - Bioresource …, 2022 - Elsevier
Increased urbanization and industrialization accelerated demand for energy, large-scale
waste output, and negative environmental consequences. Therefore, the implementation of …