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Value-Added Utilization of Organic Waste for Sustainable Development

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Resources and Sustainable Utilization".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (21 November 2023) | Viewed by 271

Special Issue Editors

Faculty of Technology in Leskovac, University of Nis, Bulevar oslobodjenja 124, 16000 Leskovac, Serbia
Interests: extraction; antioxidants; polyphenols; separation; analysis; chromatography; pharmaceutical technology; optimization; modeling; encapsulation; valorization; stability
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Faculty of Technology in Leskovac, University of Nis, Bulevar oslobodjenja 124, 16000 Leskovac, Serbia
Interests: extraction; antioxidants; separation; analysis; HPLC-MS; pharmaceutical; optimization; modeling; experimental design; artificial neural network; inclusion; cyclodextrin
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Due to increasing demographic growth, industrialization, urbanization and economic wealth, increasing amounts of waste are accumulating in both developed and developing countries. The chemical composition of waste is more complex, so they increasingly endanger human health and the environment. Organic waste occupies a significant place among waste, as it is renewable, usually available in large quantities and potentially cheaper than other materials. Organic waste management promotes sustainable development of a country in terms of its economy and environmental protection. Valorization is a potential solution for organic waste management. It is achieved by applying some of the chemical, physical and biotechnological processes. In this way, it is possible to reuse bioactive and highly valuable components (antioxidants, vitamins, pigments, dietary fibers, pectin, oligosaccharides and others) which are very important for the pharmaceutical, cosmetic and food industry. Organic waste is also used as a raw material for the production of value-added products such as biofertilizers, biofuel adsorbents, biopesticides, biohydrogen, enzymes, bioplastics, etc.

This Special Issue, “Value-Added Utilization of Organic Waste for Sustainable Development”, aims to discuss the feasibility and sustainability of producing various value-added products from organic waste.

The topics covered by this Special Issue include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • Innovative methods/technologies for sustainable utilization of organic waste;
  • Organic waste as a potential bioresource for extraction of bioactive compounds;
  • Application of recovered bioactive compounds in food/cosmetic/pharmaceutical products;
  • Application of organic waste as a raw material for the production of value-added products;
  • Organic waste for the manufacturing of biomaterials.

Dr. Ivana Savic Gajic
Dr. Ivan Savic
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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Keywords

  • sustainable
  • valorization
  • value-added products
  • extraction procedures
  • resource recovery
  • bioactive compounds
  • renewable biomaterial
  • nutraceuticals

Published Papers

There is no accepted submissions to this special issue at this moment.
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