Biorefining is one of the key enabling strategies of the Circular Economy, closing loops of raw biomass materials (re-use of agro-, process- and post-consumer residues), minerals, water and carbon. It will result in cost-competitive co-production of food/feed ingredients, biobased products and bioenergy combined with optimal socio-economic and environmental impacts.
Industrial symbiosis – the process by which wastes or by‐products of an industry or industrial process become the raw materials for another – is also a crucial principle in the Circular economy.
This session will consider the status and prospects of biorefineries, future scenarios for industry transformation as well as green innovation possibilities through industrial symbiosis.
