ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
16(29), P. 37806 - 37817
Published: July 11, 2024
Food
waste
is
an
enormous
challenge,
with
implications
for
the
environment,
society,
and
economy.
Every
year
around
world,
1.3
billion
tons
of
food
are
wasted
or
lost,
waste-associated
costs
$2.6
trillion.
Waste
upcycling
has
been
shown
to
mitigate
these
negative
impacts.
This
study's
optimized
pomelo-peel
biomass-derived
porous
material-based
triboelectric
nanogenerator
(PP-TENG)
had
open
circuit
voltage
58
V
a
peak
power
density
254.8
mW/m2.
As
structures
enable
such
devices
respond
sensitively
external
mechanical
stimuli,
we
tested
our
PP-TENG's
ability
serve
as
self-powered
sensor
biomechanical
motions.
well
successfully
harvesting
sufficient
energy
light-emitting
diodes
portable
electronics,
PP-TENGs
monitored
joint
motions,
neck
movements,
gait
patterns,
suggesting
their
strong
potential
use
in
healthcare
monitoring
physical
rehabilitation,
among
other
applications.
such,
present
work
opens
up
various
new
possibilities
transforming
prolific
type
into
value-added
products
thus
could
enhance
long-term
sustainability
while
reducing
waste.
Catalysts,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
12(11), P. 1373 - 1373
Published: Nov. 5, 2022
The
grave
environmental,
social,
and
economic
concerns
over
the
unprecedented
exploitation
of
non-renewable
energy
resources
have
drawn
attention
policy
makers
research
organizations
towards
sustainable
use
agro-industrial
food
crop
wastes.
Enzymes
are
versatile
biocatalysts
with
immense
potential
to
transform
industry
lignocellulosic
biorefineries.
Microbial
enzymes
offer
cleaner
greener
solutions
produce
fine
chemicals
compounds.
production
industrially
important
from
abundantly
present
waste
offers
for
commercial
value-added
chemicals.
recent
developments
in
biocatalytic
systems
designed
either
increase
catalytic
capability
or
create
new
distinctive
properties.
limitations
low
efficiency
enzyme
denaturation
ambient
conditions
can
be
mitigated
by
employing
diverse
inexpensive
immobilization
carriers,
such
as
agro-food
based
materials,
biopolymers,
nanomaterials.
Moreover,
revolutionary
protein
engineering
tools
help
designing
constructing
tailored
improved
substrate
specificity,
activity,
stability,
reaction
product
inhibition.
This
review
discusses
essential
industrial
trash
application
low-cost
approaches
development.
Sustainable Production and Consumption,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
39, P. 203 - 215
Published: April 19, 2023
Food
security
and
waste
minimisation
are
the
main
concerns
for
management
of
food
supply
chains
(FSC),
as
>33
%
global
production
is
wasted
or
lost
due
to
mismanagement.
Stakeholders
must
address
ongoing
issues,
such
resource
scarcity,
climate
change,
creation
etc.
create
an
environment
conducive
sustainable
consumption
(SPC)
promote
economic
sustainability.
Resource
efficiency
minimization
necessary
SPC
in
FSC.
Technologies
from
Industry
4.0
era
have
demonstrated
their
ability
these
problems
effectively.
However,
there
barriers
adoption
digital
technology
because
internal
external
issues.
Therefore,
it
examine
challenges
faced
by
industry
while
applying
attain
SPC.
The
current
study
has
adopted
integrated
methodology
Best-Worst-Method
(BWM)-Level
Based
Weight
Assessment
(LBWA)
Combined
Compromise
Solution
(CoCoSo)
methods
analyse
implementing
technologies
achieve
Strategic
measures
overcome
suggested.
BWM-LBWA-CoCoSo
technique
used
first
time
this
evaluate
determine
most
effective
strategies.
According
BWM-LBWA
research,
"organisational
barriers"
impediment
CoCoSo
findings,
best
way
major
"focus
on
improving
commitment
senior
towards
SPC."
gives
decision-makers
information
about
utilizing
advanced
