Biodegradable Waste Streams

The use of biowaste for the production of biodegradable superabsorbent materials

“…Biowaste is known as any biodegradable organic waste of vegetable and/or animal origin, susceptible to biological degradation, and generated in the home and commercial environment, normally agri-food industries [9]. These biowastes have great variability, although their largest proportion is made up of organic matter, such as proteins, polysaccharides, lipids, fibers or water [10]. The main environmental threat from biowaste is the production of methane from its decomposition in landfills, which accounted for around 4.6% of total greenhouse gas emissions in 2021 [11].…”