Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan; Research Center for Smart Sustainable Circular Economy, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan.
Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan; Research Center for Smart Sustainable Circular Economy, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan; Department of Chemical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan; Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Yuan Ze University, Chung-Li, Taiwan.
Bioresour Technol. 2022 Sep;359:127459. doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2022.127459. Epub 2022 Jun 11.
The demands for fruits and processed products have significantly increased following the surging human population growth and rising health awareness. However, an enormous amount of fruit waste is generated during their production life-cycle due to the inedible portion and perishable nature, which become a considerable burden to the environment. Embracing the concept of "circular economy", these fruit wastes represent sustainable and renewable resources and can be integrated into biorefinery platforms for valorization into a wide range of high-value products. To fully realize the potential of fruit waste in circular bioeconomy and provide insights on future commercial-scale applications, this review presented the recycling and utilization of fruit wastes in various applications, particularly focusing on pollutant bioremediation, renewable energy and biofuel production, biosynthesis of bioactive compounds and low-cost microbial growth media. Furthermore, the challenges of efficient valorization of fruit wastes were discussed and future prospects were proposed.
随着人口的迅猛增长和健康意识的不断提高，人们对水果及其加工产品的需求显著增加。然而，在水果的生产生命周期中，由于不可食用部分和易腐性，会产生大量的水果废物，这给环境带来了相当大的负担。水果废物作为“循环经济”理念的一部分，代表了可持续和可再生资源，可以整合到生物炼制平台中，将其增值为广泛的高价值产品。为了充分挖掘水果废物在循环生物经济中的潜力，并为未来的商业规模应用提供见解，本综述介绍了水果废物在各种应用中的回收和利用，特别是侧重于污染物生物修复、可再生能源和生物燃料生产、生物活性化合物的生物合成以及低成本微生物生长培养基。此外，还讨论了水果废物高效增值所面临的挑战，并提出了未来的展望。
