From waste to value : valorisation pathways for organic waste streams in bioeconomies / edited by Antje Klitkou, Arne Martin Fevolden, and Marco Capasso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1 Introduction -- Part I: Perspectives on the bioeconomy -- 2 What is the bioeconomy? -- 3 Theoretical perspectives on innovation for waste valorisation in the bioeconomy -- Part II: Sector studies -- 4 New path development for forest-based value creation in Norway -- 5 Mission-oriented innovation in urban governance: setting and solving problems in waste valorization -- 6 Beyond animal feed? The valorisation of brewers’ spent grain -- 7 Meat processing and animal by-products: industrial dynamics and institutional settings --8 New pathways for organic waste in land-based farming of salmon: the case of Norway and Denmark -- 9 Valorisation of whey: a tale of two Nordic dairies -- Part III: Cross-sectoral perspectives -- 10 What knowledge does the bioeconomy build upon? -- 11 Actors and innovators in the circular bioeconomy: an integrated empirical approach to studying organic waste stream innovators -- Part IV: Policy implications -- 12 Directionality and diversity: contending policy rationales in the transition towards the bioeconomy -- 13 Multi-level governance of food waste: comparing Norway, Denmark and Sweden -- 14 Life cycle assessment: a governance tool for transition towards a circular bioeconomy? -- 15 Conclusions

From Waste to Value investigates how streams of organic waste and residues can be transformed into valuable products, to foster a transition towards a sustainable and circular bioeconomy. The studies are carried out within a cross-disciplinary framework, drawing on a diverse set of theoretical approaches and defining different valorisation pathways. Organic waste streams from households and industry are becoming a valuable resource in today's economies. Substances that have long represented a cost to companies and a burden for society are now becoming an asset. Waste products, such as leftover food, forest residues and animal carcasses, can be turned into valuable products such as biomaterials, biochemicals and biopharmaceuticals. Exploiting these waste resources is challenging, however. It requires that companies develop new technologies and that public authorities introduce new regulation and governance models. This book helps policy-makers govern and regulate bio-based industries, and helps industry actors to identify and exploit new opportunities in the circular bioeconomy. Moreover, it provides important insights for all students and scholars concerned with renewable energy, sustainable development and climate change.

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