@article{74c0dbf464d145998bfae97d3b425bf5,
title = "Recent Trends in Green and Sustainable Chemistry & Waste Valorisation: Rethinking Plastics in a circular economy",
abstract = "The review presents the recent trends in green and sustainable chemistry, as well as waste valorization and their applicability to understand and realize the concept of a circular economy. It also provides a comprehensive global perspective of the linear plastics economy and makes the case for its transformation into a circular plastics economy. Furthermore, bioconversion in a food waste biorefinery to produce fructose as an example of a high value-added product is given as a case study to demonstrate the feasibility of a circular economy.",
author = "Guneet KAUR and Kristiadi Uisan and Ong, {Khai Lun} and {Ki Lin}, {Carol Sze}",
note = "Funding Information: The authors acknowledge the Innovation and Technology Funding (ITP/087/15FP) from Innovation and Technology Commission in Hong Kong. This paper is specially dedicated to Prof. James H. Clark on the occasion of his 66th anniversary. Funding Information: From sheer volume point of view, plastics appear as attractive products to be synthesized via bio-based resources. Additionally, there is also increasing pressure to substitute fossil feedstock-based polymers with more sustainable and renewable alternatives. In the recent years, bio-based sourcing has attracted a great deal of attention. Projects transcending both geographical and scientific borders were funded by the European Union which brought together experts skilled in cross-disciplinary fields such as chemistry, biology, material science from countries throughout the world. The major thrust areas of these projects were development of green production routes for (bio)commodities and products through waste valorisation ( Table 1 ). Initiatives have been taken by European Union to fund research and innovation networks across Europe. The launch of specific COST actions such as FP1303, FP1003, FP0602 (BIOBIO) and TD1203 (EuBis) are few examples of the recent efforts in promoting the development and evaluation of bio- or waste-based products [19] . WorldFoodWaste Network which emerged from EUBIS is one of the examples which supports and facilitates the transnational cooperation of knowledge, skills and resources for food waste valorisation into products and progress towards circular economy [20] . Acids, sugars, terpenes, phenols, furans, polyethylene furanoate (PEF), polylactic acid (PLA), polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA), biobutanol and biodiesel have been considered as the ten most promising food supply chain waste derived products focused by this COST action [21] . It also aimed to create standards, labels and certifications for biobased products, which would allow consumers to be confident in product quality. Moreover, the assessment of environmental and social impacts of products was performed for leading transition towards a circular economy. Such initiatives indeed make fundamental inroads to make biobased production in circular economy reality. ",
year = "2018",
month = feb,
doi = "10.1016/j.cogsc.2017.11.003",
language = "English",
volume = "9",
pages = "30--39",
journal = "Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry",
issn = "2452-2236",
publisher = "Elsevier BV",
}
