Sanchez-Vazquez, SA;
Hailes, HC;
Evans, JRG;
(2013)
Hydrophobic Polymers from Food Waste: Resources and Synthesis.
POLYMER REVIEWS
, 53
(4)
627 - 694.
10.1080/15583724.2013.834933.
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Abstract
The food waste generated annually is approximately 1.3 Pg. It contains chemical feedstock that could be diverted to materials production as the mineral oil price rises, incurring no conflict over land use and providing new wealth-creating opportunities for food-producing countries. It potentially realigns the industrial and agricultural sectors of national economies. Food waste production scales with population as does demand for materials. This review builds upon previous landmark papers in Polymer Reviews that address biomass in polymer production. It surveys the current global food-waste resource and demonstrates how it could be used in the generation of hydrophobic polymers.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Hydrophobic Polymers from Food Waste: Resources and Synthesis |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1080/15583724.2013.834933 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15583724.2013.834933 |
| Additional information: | © Tommy Who and Art Simon. Published with license by Taylor & Francis This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The moral rights of the named author(s) have been asserted. |
| Keywords: | biomass, polymer synthesis, food waste, hydrophobic polymer, biopolymer, green chemistry |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Chemistry |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1415013 |
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