Journal
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
Volume 215, Issue -, Pages 123-130Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2016.03.039
Keywords
Food supply chain wastes; Valorisation; Renewable chemicals; Biobased chemicals; Functional materials
Funding
- Brazilian Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation
- CNPq
- CAPES
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With approximately 1.3 billion tonnes of food wasted per annum, food supply chain wastes (FSCWs) may be viewed as the contemporary Periodic Table of biobased feedstock chemicals (platform molecules) and functional materials. Herein, the global drivers and case for food waste valorisation within the context of global sustainability, sustainable development goals and the bioeconomy are discussed. The emerging potential of high value added chemicals from certain tropical FSCW is considered as these are grown in three major geographical areas: Brazil, India and China, and likely to increase in volume. FSCW in the context of biorefineries is discussed and two case studies are reported, namely: waste potato, and; orange peel waste. Interestingly, both waste feedstocks, like many others, produce proteins and with the global demand for vegetable proteins on the rise then proteins from FSCW may become a dominant area. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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