The Food–Materials Nexus: Next Generation Bioplastics and Advanced Materials from Agri‐Food Residues (Adv. Mater. 43/2021)

Abstract

Circular Bioeconomy The food?materials?energy nexus is most relevant to the circular bioeconomy and is reviewed in the context of next-generation bioplastics by Caio G. Otoni, Orlando J. Rojas, and co-workers in article number 2102520. The state-of-the-art strategies used to upcycle agri-food losses and wastes (FLW) into multifunctional and advanced materials rely on the deconstruction and reassembly, synthesis, and engineering of FLW-derived monomeric, polymeric, and colloidal building blocks.