Latest eco-friendly avenues on hydrogen production towards a circular bioeconomy: Currents challenges, innovative insights, and future perspectives

F Qureshi, M Yusuf, H Kamyab, DVN Vo… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
The worldwide economic development, population expansion, and technological
advancements contribute to a rise in global primary energy consumption. Since fossil fuels …

Perspective review on Municipal Solid Waste-to-energy route: Characteristics, management strategy, and role in circular economy

AT Hoang, PS Varbanov, S Nižetić, R Sirohi… - Journal of cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
The proper handling of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) is critical due to its high generation
rate and the potential to minimise environmental impacts by simultaneously reducing …

Municipal solid waste management and landfilling technologies: a review

S Nanda, F Berruti - Environmental chemistry letters, 2021 - Springer
Abstract The USA, China and India are the top three producers of municipal solid waste. The
composition of solid wastes varies with income: low-to-middle-income population generates …

Agricultural waste biorefinery development towards circular bioeconomy

MK Awasthi, R Sindhu, R Sirohi, V Kumar… - … and sustainable energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
The concept of biorefinery depends on the recuperation of higher-value chemicals with
potential for a wide dissemination and an untapped marketability. To construct a clearer …

Electrochemical oxidation of biomass derived 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF): pathway, mechanism, catalysts and coupling reactions

Y Yang, T Mu - Green Chemistry, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Electrochemical conversion is emerging as a powerful and promising method to produce a
wide range of high-value chemicals on account of mild operation conditions, controllable …

Waste biorefinery towards a sustainable circular bioeconomy: a solution to global issues

HY Leong, CK Chang, KS Khoo, KW Chew… - Biotechnology for …, 2021 - Springer
Global issues such as environmental problems and food security are currently of concern to
all of us. Circular bioeconomy is a promising approach towards resolving these global …

Lignocellulosic biomass as renewable feedstock for biodegradable and recyclable plastics production: A sustainable approach

T Raj, K Chandrasekhar, AN Kumar, SH Kim - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2022 - Elsevier
Rapid increment in fossil-derived single-use plastic disposal has led to human-made plastic
mountains and leading to ecological imbalance. Therefore, the development of alternative …

Integrated biorefinery processes for conversion of lignocellulosic biomass to value added materials: Paving a path towards circular economy

G Velvizhi, K Balakumar, NP Shetti, E Ahmad… - Bioresource …, 2022 - Elsevier
Lignocellulosic biomass is an effective and sustainable alternative for petroleum-derived
fuels and chemicals to produce biofuels and bio-based products. Despite the high …

A review of bio-refining process intensification in catalytic conversion reactions, separations and purifications of hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) and furfural

J Slak, B Pomeroy, A Kostyniuk, M Grilc… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
hydroxymethylfurfural (5-HMF) and furfural (FUR) have been recognized as valuable
biomass-derived platform chemicals and bridge between biomass raw materials and the …

Lignocellulosic biorefineries: the current state of challenges and strategies for efficient commercialization

Z Usmani, M Sharma, AK Awasthi, T Lukk… - … and sustainable energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Lignocellulosic biomass is the most abundant and sustainable feedstock available globally.
As a source of the polysaccharides, cellulose and hemicellulose, it can be converted into …