Is ‘waste’ an appropriate concept in a sustainable bioeconomy?
2025
Halim, Ronald | Iyer, Ajay | Esteves, Sara | Milliken, Sarah | Kalai, Katalin | Pleissner, Daniel | Stephan, Loreena | Chentir, Imene | Ahmed, Osama | Nasri, Waâd | Mohamed, Sameh | Birkeland, Nils-Kåre | Vanderschuren, Hervé | Zainuddin, Ima | Mburu, Monica | University College Dublin [Dublin] (UCD) | Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research ; University College Dublin [Dublin] (UCD) | InBioS-PhytoSYSTEMS ; Université de Liège = University of Liège = Universiteit van Luik = Universität Lüttich (ULiège) | University of Greenwich | Bay Zoltán Nonprofit Ltd. for Applied Research | Institute for Food and Environmental Research | Higher School of Food Science and Agri-Food Industry | Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO) | Systèmes d'élevage méditerranéens et tropicaux (UMR SELMET) ; Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Institut Agro Montpellier ; Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro) | Laboratoire d'informatique de l'École polytechnique [Palaiseau] (LIX) ; École polytechnique (X) ; Institut Polytechnique de Paris (IP Paris)-Institut Polytechnique de Paris (IP Paris)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) | Department of Biological Sciences and Centre for Deep Sea Research, University of Bergen, 5020 Bergen, Norway | Unité Mixte Data Terra (Data Terra) ; Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Institut National de l'Information Géographique et Forestière [IGN] (IGN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National d’Études Spatiales [Paris] (CNES)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Météo-France | National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) | Institute of Food Bioresource Technology, Dedan Kimathi University of Technology, Kenya.
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显示更多 [+] 显示较少 [-]英语. Valorisation of agri-food waste is an essential aspect of creating sustainable circular food systems. The European Research Area Network Cofund Food Systems and Climate (FOSC) and the SUSFOOD2 ERA-Net Cofund supported eight projects focusing on the valorisation of waste generated during primary production or food processing. The projects identified barriers related to the technological, socio-economic, legislative, and institutional challenges of developing a circular food system, and concluded that overcoming these barriers and promoting a circular bioeconomy requires a comprehensive approach involving multiple stakeholders, including fostering supportive policies, and addressing regulatory concerns. The collective experience of the eight projects demonstrates that it is essential to rethink the limitations imposed by the term ‘waste’, and instead to consider all agri-food residues as side streams which have the potential to be valorised as resources for food and feed production if they can be proven as safe to return to the food chain.
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