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Urgent Need to Define End-of-Waste Criteria for Efficient Utilization of Organic Waste

Year: 2024

Type: editorial

Abstract: The utilization of organic waste in Europe is limited to anaerobic digestion, composting, incineration, and landfilling. However, organic waste has significant potential for producing chemicals, fibers, and platform chemicals through bioconversion processes. This viewpoint suggests that end-of-waste criteria are needed to define when waste becomes a secondary raw material that ensures a truly circular economy.

Source: ACS Sustainable Resource Management

DOI: 10.1021/acssusresmgt.4c00265

Authors: Daniel Pleissner, Loreena Stephan, Sergiy Smetana

Institutions: Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Institute for Food and Environmental Research, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, German Institute of Food Technologies

Language: English

Topic: Bioeconomy and Sustainability Development

Subfield: General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Responsible consumption and production

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W4401734350

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