Recovery of Banana Waste-Loss from Production and Processing: A Contribution to a Circular Economy
Banana is a fruit grown mainly in tropical countries of the world. After harvest, almost 60% of banana biomass is left as waste. Worldwide, about 114.08 million metric tons of banana waste-loss are produced, leading to environmental problems such as the excessive emission of greenhouse gases. These...
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| author | Sasha Alzate Acevedo Álvaro José Díaz Carrillo Edwin Flórez-López Carlos David Grande-Tovar |
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| description | Banana is a fruit grown mainly in tropical countries of the world. After harvest, almost 60% of banana biomass is left as waste. Worldwide, about 114.08 million metric tons of banana waste-loss are produced, leading to environmental problems such as the excessive emission of greenhouse gases. These wastes contain a high content of paramount industrial importance, such as cellulose, hemicellulose and natural fibers that various processes can modify, such as bacterial fermentation and anaerobic degradation, to obtain bioplastics, organic fertilizers and biofuels such as ethanol, biogas, hydrogen and biodiesel. In addition, they can be used in wastewater treatment methods by producing low-cost biofilters and obtaining activated carbon from rachis and banana peel. Furthermore, nanometric fibers commonly used in nanotechnology applications and silver nanoparticles useful in therapeutic cancer treatments, can be produced from banana pseudostems. The review aims to demonstrate the contribution of the recovery of banana production waste-loss towards a circular economy that would boost the economy of Latin America and many other countries of emerging economies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7b1b7780003e4abcbb503180b35a77c52023-11-22T11:01:47ZengMDPI AGMolecules1420-30492021-08-012617528210.3390/molecules26175282Recovery of Banana Waste-Loss from Production and Processing: A Contribution to a Circular EconomySasha Alzate Acevedo0Álvaro José Díaz Carrillo1Edwin Flórez-López2Carlos David Grande-Tovar3Programa de Ingeniería Agroindustrial, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad del Atlántico, Puerto 081007, ColombiaPrograma de Ingeniería Agroindustrial, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad del Atlántico, Puerto 081007, ColombiaGrupo de Investigación en Química y Biotecnología QUIBIO, Universidad Santiago de Cali, Calle 5 No 62-00, Cali 760035, ColombiaGrupo de Investigación en Fotoquímica y Fotobiología, Universidad del Atlántico, Carrera 30 # 8-49, Puerto Colombia 081007, ColombiaBanana is a fruit grown mainly in tropical countries of the world. After harvest, almost 60% of banana biomass is left as waste. Worldwide, about 114.08 million metric tons of banana waste-loss are produced, leading to environmental problems such as the excessive emission of greenhouse gases. These wastes contain a high content of paramount industrial importance, such as cellulose, hemicellulose and natural fibers that various processes can modify, such as bacterial fermentation and anaerobic degradation, to obtain bioplastics, organic fertilizers and biofuels such as ethanol, biogas, hydrogen and biodiesel. In addition, they can be used in wastewater treatment methods by producing low-cost biofilters and obtaining activated carbon from rachis and banana peel. Furthermore, nanometric fibers commonly used in nanotechnology applications and silver nanoparticles useful in therapeutic cancer treatments, can be produced from banana pseudostems. The review aims to demonstrate the contribution of the recovery of banana production waste-loss towards a circular economy that would boost the economy of Latin America and many other countries of emerging economies.https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/26/17/5282banana waste-lossbiofuelscircular economyglobal banana productionmetabolite recovery |
| spellingShingle | Sasha Alzate Acevedo Álvaro José Díaz Carrillo Edwin Flórez-López Carlos David Grande-Tovar Recovery of Banana Waste-Loss from Production and Processing: A Contribution to a Circular Economy Molecules banana waste-loss biofuels circular economy global banana production metabolite recovery |
| title | Recovery of Banana Waste-Loss from Production and Processing: A Contribution to a Circular Economy |
| title_full | Recovery of Banana Waste-Loss from Production and Processing: A Contribution to a Circular Economy |
| title_fullStr | Recovery of Banana Waste-Loss from Production and Processing: A Contribution to a Circular Economy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Recovery of Banana Waste-Loss from Production and Processing: A Contribution to a Circular Economy |
| title_short | Recovery of Banana Waste-Loss from Production and Processing: A Contribution to a Circular Economy |
| title_sort | recovery of banana waste loss from production and processing a contribution to a circular economy |
| topic | banana waste-loss biofuels circular economy global banana production metabolite recovery |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/26/17/5282 |
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