Valorization of Waste from Agro-Food, Food and Marine Industry

Dear Colleagues,

In the past biowaste is typically recyled in anaerobic digestion to produce compost, biofertizer and energy in form of biogas. However, in the past decade, effective cascading utilization of biowaste have lead us to discover new avenue in not only seeeking new raw material for inductrial products but also creating additional value to the underutilized waste and contributing to bioeconomy. The precondition for the bioeconomy is new knowledge, new technologies, new business models, and new value chains. Cascading maximizes resource effectiveness by using biomass in products that create the most economic value over multiple lifetimes. This approach to production and consumption, states that energy recovery should be the last option, and only after all higher-value products and services have been exhausted. We should consider the whole value chain when developing new technologies, business models and policies. Most abundant waste generated includes food, agri-food and marine biomass. Much of the work on food waste and marine biomass have research focus on biofuels. Alternatively, cascading bio-refineries have to be sought in order to maximise the inherent value of all components present in these biomass. The goal of this special Issue is to publish both recent innovative research results, as well as review papers on the production of value-added co-products from food and marine waste including marine biomass as feedstocks in biochemical processes to produce high-value molecules. Review and research papers on development of fermentative bioprocess as is or in combinations with green chemistry are also of interest. If you would like to contribute a review paper, please contact one of the editors to discuss the topic relevance before submitting the manuscript.

Dr. Sathyanarayanan Sevilimedu Veeravalli
Guest Editor

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