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Industrial biomass: source of chemicals, materials, and energy!: implications and limitations of the use of biomass as a source for food, chemicals, materials and energy Universiteit Gent
Biomass seemed a very promising resource for substituting fossil hydrocarbons as a renewable source of energy and as a sustainable raw material for various industrial sectors. However, during the first decade of the 21st century, competition between the use of biomass for food and feed on the one hand, and for energy and industrial applications on the other hand, became a big issue. Dramatic food price rises in the first half of 2008 were blamed ...
A safe and sustainable bisphenol platform for high-performance thermoset materials. KU Leuven
The production of plastic, a polymeric material, has grown exponentially over the past 70 years. Due to its versatility, ranging from food packaging to more high-value applications such as biomedical materials, electronics, automotive or construction materials, plastic has become an essential part of our daily lives. However, despite being undoubtedly useful, the enormous production and usage of plastics has induced adverse climate, ...
Nutrient recovery and recycling from fishery waste and by-products Universiteit Gent
The circular bio-based economy offers great untapped potential for the food industry as possible valuable products and energy can be recovered from food waste. This can promote more sustainable and resilient food systems in Europe in follow-up of the European Commission's Farm to Fork strategy and support the global transition to more sustainable agri-food systems with the common agricultural and fisheries policies. With its high nutrient ...
Rational Design of New Bio-based Carriers for Advanced Enzyme Immobilization KU Leuven
Cellulose and xylan have considerable untapped potential for valorization in the current economy. From cellulose, it is possible to design highly functionalized spherical beads with applications as enzyme immobilization and drug release. On the other hand, xylan is of great interest in the preparation of prebiotic compounds. These prebiotics exhibit great benefits to human health. In this PhD work, a more sustainable and circular bead ...
Compostering: de oplossing om kringlopen te sluiten en bodemkwaliteit te behouden in de transitie richting bio-economie? Instituut voor Landbouw-, Visserij- en Voedingsonderzoek
Europe is strongly encouraging the development of a bio-economy, which produces renewable biological resources and converts them into valuable products ranging from food to bioenergy. To maximize the efficient exploitation of the available biomass, the biomass-cascade principle is often put forward. This entails organizing the processing of biomass to first produce the application with the highest socio-economic value (food and feed) with usable ...
Een conceptueel model voor innovatieonderzoek in de bio-economie Instituut voor Landbouw-, Visserij- en Voedingsonderzoek
Further developing the bio-based economy is considered to be crucial for increasing resource productivity, closing nutrient cycles and creating additional value. The necessary bio-technological research is however from a very complex nature. Aside from the scientific and technological aspects, biotech researchers and developers have to take into account issues like the waste hierarchy, social norms and legislation, supply chain and market ...
Een conceptueel model voor innovatieonderzoek in de bio-economie Instituut voor Landbouw-, Visserij- en Voedingsonderzoek
Further developing the bio-based economy is considered to be crucial for increasing resource productivity, closing nutrient cycles and creating additional value. The necessary bio-technological research is however from a very complex nature. Aside from the scientific and technological aspects, biotech researchers and developers have to take into account issues like the waste hierarchy, social norms and legislation, supply chain and market ...
Unraveling the polygenic basis of HMF and furfural tolerance in yeast for optimization of lignocellulose-based processes KU Leuven
One of the major challenges society faces today is global warming, mainly driven by greenhouse gas emissions. To reduce fossil fuel consumption and related CO2emissions in the transportation sector, second-generation (2G) bioethanol - produced from the abundantly available lignocellulosic biomass (i.e. waste products or energy crops) - is proposed as an alternative transport fuel. Moreover, the use of different plant-based waste materials holds ...
Evaluation of Circular Construction Works During Design Phase: An Overview of Valuation Tools KU Leuven
The construction industry is one of the largest producers of waste. The Circular Economy Action Plan of the EU aims to tackle this issue and aspires to enhance the sustainability of the construction industry by adopting more circular principles and bio-based material use. For this purpose, an approach is being developed that facilitates coherence between technical, economical, legal, social aspects, and business models for circular design and ...