Urgent Need to Define End-of-Waste Criteria for Efficient Utilization of Organic Waste
The utilization of organic waste in Europe is limited to anaerobic digestion, composting, incineration, and landfilling. However, organic waste has significant potential for producing chemicals, fibers, and platform chemicals through bioconversion processes. This viewpoint suggests that end-of-waste criteria are needed to define when waste becomes a secondary raw material that ensures a truly circular economy.
Authors
- Sergiy Smetana (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5471-0521)
- Daniel Pleißner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1575-5046)
- Loreena Stephan
Institutions
- Leuphana University of Lüneburg (DE)
- University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation (DE)
- German Institute of Food Technologies (DE)
- Institute for Food and Environmental Research (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- ACS Sustainable Resource Management
- Published
- 2024-08-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acssusresmgt.4c00265
- Primary Topic
- Bioeconomy and Sustainability Development
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00