Circular economy and secondary raw materials from fruits as sustainable source for recovery and reuse. A review

Scarano, Pierpaolo; Sciarrillo, Rosaria; Tartaglia, Maria Carmela; Zuzolo, Daniela; Guarino, Carmine

doi:10.1016/j.tifs.2022.02.003

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“…The decrease in food waste, the positive environmental fingerprint, the circular economy, and sustainability are parameters that affect the industrial food packaging sector. Such parameters indicated the use of natural bioactive agents as a remarkable tool for the transition from classic to novel active food packaging methods [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 ]. This means that, in the future, the foods should not only be protected but also preserved for a longer period before being consumed or wasted.…”

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Low-Density Polyethylene-Based Novel Active Packaging Film for Food Shelf-Life Extension via Thyme-Oil Control Release from SBA-15 Nanocarrier

Giannakas,

Baikousi,

Karabagias

et al. 2024

Nanomaterials

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The use of natural raw substances for food preservation could provide a great contribution to food waste reduction, circular economy enhancement, and green process application widening. Recent studies indicated that the use of porous materials as adsorbents for natural essential oils provided nanohybrids with excellent antioxidant and antimicrobial properties. Following this trend in this work, a thymol oil (TEO) rich SBA-15 nanohybrid was prepared and characterized physiochemically with various techniques. This TEO@SBA-15 nanohybrid, along with the pure SBA-15, was extruded with low-density polyethylene (LDPE) to develop novel active packaging films. Results indicated that TEO loading was higher than other porous materials reported recently, and the addition of both pure SBA-15 and TEO@SBA-15 to the LDPE increased the water/oxygen barrier. The film with the higher thyme-oil@SBA-15 nanohybrid content exhibited a slower release kinetic. The antioxidant activity of the final films ignited after 48 h, was in the range of 60–70%, and was almost constant for 7 days. Finally, all tests indicated a sufficient improvement by the addition of thyme-oil@SBA-15 nanohybrids in the pure LDPE matrix and the concentration of wt. 10% of such nanocarriers provided the optimum final LDPE/10TEO@SBE-15 active packaging film. This material could be a potential future product for active packaging applications.

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Low-Density Polyethylene-Based Novel Active Packaging Film for Food Shelf-Life Extension via Thyme-Oil Control Release from SBA-15 Nanocarrier

Giannakas,

Baikousi,

Karabagias

et al. 2024

Nanomaterials

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“…Some of the products obtained from the various processing methods mentioned above are fresh preserved PP, minimally processed PP, dehydrated PP (dry or osmotically dehydrated), preserves, juices, fermented drinks, liquid sweetener, pulps (frozen or dehydrated), gums or gels, candies, jams or jellies, flours, seed oil, natural dyes, dietary fibres, and thickeners [ 7 , 8 , 30 , 31 ].…”

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Physicochemical, Nutritional, and Medicinal Properties of Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill. and Its Main Agro-Industrial Use: A Review

Martins

Ribeiro

Almeida

2023

Plants

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The cactus, Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill. (OFI) belongs to the Cactaceae family, which contains about 130 genera and nearly 1600 species. This review aims to evaluate this plant from several perspectives, namely, botanic, physicochemical, nutritional, and medicinal properties, as well as agro-industrial use. The botanical aspects and morphological characteristics of OFI enable genetic variability, ecological adaptation, and broad geographic distribution. Due to its physicochemical and nutritional composition, it has several medicinal properties appropriate (or suitable) for several industries, such as pharmaceutical, food, and cosmetics. Its fruit, the prickly pear (PP), has potential agro-industrial expansion through the application of different conservation and transformation methods, making it possible to obtain a variety of products. The PP is a source of several nutrients and is an effective system to produce varied foods, which have several advantages from a nutritional, sensory, economic, and shelf-life point of view.

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“…Bimpizas-Pinis, Bozhinovska, Genovese, Lowe, Pansera, Alberich and Ramezankhanif (2021) have also investigated the effectiveness of a closed-loop economy in difficult crisis conditions. Scarano, Sciarrillo, Tartaglia, Zuzolo and Guarino (2022) have studied the circular economy using the example of fruit recyclables as a stable source for restoration and reuse. The main problem of the previous scientific research, concluded in the field of the topic, is their insufficient research of overproduction and ways of organisational structural reorganisation.…”

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Structural Reorganisation of a Company in a Crisis of Supply Discrepancies

Семенченко¹,

Мажара

2023

BJES

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The relevance of research is determined by the risk of any organisation being affected by the negative effects of overproduction. This requires businessmen to quickly identify and solve related problems by carrying out structural reorganisation of their companies. As such, the main goal of the article is to research the problematic of the overproduction crisis, which is concluded by such objectives as crisis consequences for government and manufacturing organizations evaluation, and development of recommendations regarding the structural reorganization of organizations in the current conditions. The main research methods are graphical and tabular methods, as well as synthesis and analysis in combination in a complex approach, which allows to study crisis processes in order to optimise the company's activity through effective structural reorganisation. The main results of the research are the study of the concept of overproduction crisis and its problematic consequences for the country and the industry. The analysis of the influence of overproduction on the production and trade organisation and the development of proposals for the structural reorganisation of the company in crisis conditions. Organisational reconstruction in the modern environment was studied through the use of careful management, careful problem solving, visual management, quick configuration tool, autonomy, process balancing, careful quality assurance, careful human resource usage, careful supply chain management and production flexibility. Organisational restructuring can also be aimed at the implementation of digital technology, which can be categorised by the scenarios of forecasting, waste analysis and redistribution. Organisational restructuring in the modern environment has been studied through the use of careful management, careful problem solving, visual management, quick configuration tool, autonomy, process balancing, careful quality assurance, careful human resource usage, careful supply chain management, and production flexibility. In order to prevent the influence of crisis occurrence through changes in organisational structure, these procedures were proposed: assembly line load stabilisation, manufacturing analysis and 5S system. The results of this article and the conclusions based on them may be of practical value for students studying the peculiarities of effective financial management in the conditions of crisis, as well as for businessmen interested in maintaining their financial results, maximising profits, preventing crisis problems and optimising business activity through changes in the company structure.

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Circular economy and secondary raw materials from fruits as sustainable source for recovery and reuse. A review

Cited by 32 publications

References 73 publications

Low-Density Polyethylene-Based Novel Active Packaging Film for Food Shelf-Life Extension via Thyme-Oil Control Release from SBA-15 Nanocarrier

Low-Density Polyethylene-Based Novel Active Packaging Film for Food Shelf-Life Extension via Thyme-Oil Control Release from SBA-15 Nanocarrier

Physicochemical, Nutritional, and Medicinal Properties of Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill. and Its Main Agro-Industrial Use: A Review

Structural Reorganisation of a Company in a Crisis of Supply Discrepancies

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