Is ‘waste’ an appropriate concept in a sustainable bioeconomy?
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T1 - Is ‘waste’ an appropriate concept in a sustainable bioeconomy?
AU - Halim, Ronald
AU - Iyer, Ajay
AU - Esteves, Sara M.
AU - Milliken, Sarah
AU - Kalai, Katalin
AU - Pleissner, Daniel
AU - Stephan, Loreena
AU - Chentir, Imene
AU - Ahmed, Osama
AU - Nasri, Waâd
AU - Mohamed, Sameh
AU - Birkeland, Nils Kåre
AU - Vanderschuren, Hervé
AU - Zainuddin, Ima
AU - Mburu, Monica
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2025 The Authors
PY - 2025/3
Y1 - 2025/3
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Agri-food waste
KW - Bioeconomy
KW - Circular food systems
KW - Legislation
KW - Valorisation
KW - Biology
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=105000186795&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.scowo.2025.100044
DO - 10.1016/j.scowo.2025.100044
M3 - Journal articles
AN - SCOPUS:105000186795
VL - 5
JO - Sustainable Chemistry One World
JF - Sustainable Chemistry One World
SN - 2950-3574
M1 - 100044
ER -