At present, food manufacturing waste is repurposed mainly as low-value animal feed and soil additives. Roy Goswami et al. describe how closed-loop recycling of protein-rich wastes could provide bioplastics, packaging composites and materials for water purification, CO2 capture and renewable energy that support environmental stewardship.
- Shrestha Roy Goswami
- Svitlana Mykolenko
- Raffaele Mezzenga