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Research & Innovation for Sustainable Products: Polysaccarides for a smart circular economy at zero waste
Summary
This paper examined the role of polysaccharides in supporting a smart circular economy with zero waste goals, framing scientific research and innovation as essential tools for developing sustainable bio-based materials that replace conventional plastics.
Scientific Research and Innovation (R&I) may be considered respectively "the spoken language and the written language of every culture".The first is necessary to discover new lands,while the second results fundamental to build housed & roads and make food,necessary for an healthy living.At this purpose,the scientific research may be distinguished in 3 different phases: basic and experimental research,applied research and industrial research. Innovation comes from the basic research,while the applied research represents the bridge between the basic research and the industrial ones.
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