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Valorization of fruit wastes for circular bioeconomy: Current advances, challenges, and opportunities
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The demands for fruits and processed products have significantly increased following the surging human population growth and rising health awareness. However, an enormous amount of fruit waste is generated during their production life-cycle due to the inedible portion and perishable nature, which become a considerable burden to the environment. Embracing the concept of "circular economy", these fruit wastes represent sustainable and renewable resources and can be integrated into biorefinery platforms for valorization into a wide range of high-value products. To fully realize the potential of fruit waste in circular bioeconomy and provide insights on future commercial-scale applications, this review presented the recycling and utilization of fruit wastes in various applications, particularly focusing on pollutant bioremediation, renewable energy and biofuel production, biosynthesis of bioactive compounds and low-cost microbial growth media. Furthermore, the challenges of efficient valorization of fruit wastes were discussed and future prospects were proposed.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Leong, Y. K., & Chang, J.-S.
- Affiliations
- Tunghai University (TW)
- Corresponding author
- Chang, Jo-Shu
- Venue
- Bioresource Technology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2022-09
- Volume
- 359
- Pages
- 127459
- ISSN
- 0960-8524 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W4282958713
- Cited by
- 142
- References
- 140
- Citations by year
- 2026: 33 · 2025: 31 · 2024: 41 · 2023: 30 · 2022: 7
- FWCI
- 2.43
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- Bioresource Technology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan (110-2621-M-029 -001, 110-3116-F-006 -003, MOST 110-2221-E-029-005, 110-2221-E-029 -004 -MY3)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Biofuel production and bioconversion
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › General Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Bioeconomy and Sustainability Development
- Physical Sciences › Chemical Engineering › Catalysis › Catalysis for Biomass Conversion
- Keywords
- fruit waste valorization, circular bioeconomy, circular economy, biorefinery, biofuel production, renewable energy, agro-industrial waste recycling
- MeSH terms
- Fruit, Humans, Biofuels, Recycling
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