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ClearUpcycling plastic waste into electrode materials for energy storage applications
Researchers reviewed approaches for upcycling plastic waste into electrode materials for energy storage applications, finding that discarded plastics including polyethylene, polypropylene, and PET can be converted through pyrolysis and chemical activation into carbon-based electrodes for supercapacitors and batteries, addressing both plastic pollution and energy storage challenges simultaneously.
Nutrient recovery and recycling from fishery waste and by-products
This review provides a comprehensive overview of nutrient recovery technologies for fishery waste and by-products, including fish processing waste, sludge, and aquaculture residues. The study highlights that these nutrient-rich waste streams hold significant potential for producing alternative fertilizers that could replace synthetic mineral fertilizers, supporting the European Commission's goals for a more circular and sustainable food system.
Recent Applications of Biopolymers Derived from Fish Industry Waste in Food Packaging
This review summarized recent advances in producing biopolymers — including collagen, gelatin, chitin, and chitosan — from fish industry by-products and their applications in food packaging, highlighting both the environmental benefits and the technical challenges of scaling up such processes.
Seafood Waste-Based Materials for Sustainable Food Packing: From Waste to Wealth
This review examines how biopolymers derived from seafood processing waste — such as chitin and proteins from shells and fish byproducts — can be transformed into sustainable, biodegradable food packaging materials, supporting circular economy goals by converting waste streams into valuable products.
The roles of carbonaceous wastes for catalysis, energy, and environmental remediation
This review examines how carbon materials derived from carbonaceous wastes can be used for energy generation and environmental cleanup applications. The study covers synthesis methods, doping strategies, and the physical and chemical properties of these materials, highlighting their potential as sustainable alternatives for catalysis, pollutant removal, and remediation of contaminated environments.
(Invited) Marine Plastic Waste-Based Supercapacitors for Saving Remote Island
This study explores repurposing marine plastic waste to construct supercapacitors for energy storage in remote island communities, addressing both plastic pollution and energy access challenges.
PPE Waste-Derived Carbon Materials for Energy Storage Applications via Carbonization Techniques
This review explores how discarded personal protective equipment such as face masks, generated in enormous quantities since the COVID-19 pandemic, can be converted into useful carbon materials for energy storage through carbonization techniques. Repurposing this PPE waste into battery and supercapacitor components could help address both the plastic pollution problem and the growing demand for energy storage materials.
Isinglass as an Alternative Biopolymer Membrane for Green Electrochemical Devices: Initial Studies of Application in Electric Double-Layer Capacitors and Future Perspectives
This paper is not about microplastics; it develops a biodegradable isinglass (fish-derived) biopolymer membrane as an eco-friendly separator for electric double-layer capacitors, a type of energy storage device.
Waste-based nanoarchitectonics with face masks as valuable starting material for high-performance supercapacitors
Researchers carbonized and KOH-activated surgical face mask waste to create microporous carbon electrode materials with surface areas of 460-969 square meters per gram for use in supercapacitors. The approach converts a major COVID-19 waste stream that releases microplastic fibers during environmental degradation into a high-value energy storage material.
Harvesting marine plastic pollutants-derived renewable energy: A comprehensive review on applied energy and sustainable approach.
This review summarized recent research on recovering renewable energy from marine plastic waste through biological, chemical, and thermal conversion processes, evaluating each pathway's carbon efficiency, global warming potential, and economic viability as part of a circular economy approach to plastic pollution.
Obtención y caracterización de colágeno del pez de agua dulce Prochilodus magdalenae: aplicación en películas biodegradables
Researchers extracted collagen from the skin, scales, fins, and heads of a South American freshwater fish and used it to make biodegradable films. The collagen-based films showed promising mechanical and barrier properties for food packaging applications. Using fish processing waste as a raw material for biodegradable packaging could help reduce reliance on conventional single-use plastics.
Recycling Microplastics to Fabricate Anodes for Lithium‐Ion Batteries: From Removal of Environmental Troubles via Electrocoagulation to Useful Resources (Adv. Sci. 8/2023)
Researchers collected microplastics using electrocoagulation and then converted them into carbon-based anode materials for lithium-ion batteries. The approach removes environmental plastic pollution while creating functional battery components from the waste. This circular approach demonstrates a promising strategy for turning microplastic pollution into a useful resource.
Green polymer electrolyte and activated charcoal-based supercapacitor for energy harvesting application: Electrochemical characteristics
Researchers developed a green polymer battery component using chitosan and polyvinyl alcohol as alternatives to conventional plastic materials, motivated by concerns about microplastic pollution from electronic waste. While primarily an engineering study, the work directly addresses how plastic components in electronics contribute to the growing microplastic problem in oceans. Developing biodegradable alternatives for electronic components could help reduce the flow of microplastics from discarded devices into the environment.
Recycling Microplastics to Fabricate Anodes for Lithium‐Ion Batteries: From Removal of Environmental Troubles via Electrocoagulation to Useful Resources
Researchers developed an electrocoagulation-based process to remove microplastics from wastewater, then converted the recovered plastic-containing iron flocs into anode materials for lithium-ion batteries, demonstrating a circular approach that converts a waste stream into useful energy storage components.
Analysis of the Possibility of Feed Protein Additive Producing from Fish Scales
Researchers analyzed the chemical composition of bream fish scales, finding high concentrations of proteins and lipids including both saturated and unsaturated fatty acids, and assessed their potential as a protein feed additive for animals and aquaculture. The study establishes bream scales as a viable source of nutrients for feed production, offering a pathway for valorizing fish processing waste.
Upcycling Plastic Waste into High Value‐Added Carbonaceous Materials
This review examines methods for converting plastic waste into high-value carbonaceous materials through upcycling techniques. Researchers surveyed approaches for transforming discarded plastics into products such as carbon fibres, water purification absorbents, and energy storage electrodes. The study suggests that upcycling plastic waste into carbon-based materials offers a practical alternative to conventional disposal methods like landfilling and incineration.
Hydrothermal carbonization of plastic waste: A review of its potential in alternative energy applications
Researchers reviewed how hydrothermal carbonization — a process that converts materials into a coal-like substance using heat and water under pressure — can transform plastic waste into useful products like solid fuels, catalysts, and materials for energy storage devices. While the technology is promising, challenges like variable plastic feedstock quality and scaling up production must be addressed before widespread commercial use.
Sustainable Alternative Feed for Aquaculture: State of the Art and Future Perspective
Not directly relevant to microplastics — this review surveys sustainable alternative feed ingredients for aquaculture, covering plant-based proteins, by-products, and insects as replacements for fishmeal and fish oil.
Circular bio‐economy in aquaculture
This review examined circular bio-economy approaches in aquaculture, exploring how waste streams can be converted into valuable inputs to reduce the environmental footprint of food production while maintaining productivity and sustainability.
Recycling waste sources into nanocomposites of graphene materials: Overview from an energy-focused perspective
Researchers reviewed how waste materials can be recycled into graphene-based nanocomposites for energy applications, contributing to a circular economy approach. The study surveyed all 120 publications in this field since the first study in 2012 and found growing interest in converting waste into useful carbon nanomaterials. The review highlights that while this waste-to-wealth approach shows promise for reducing pollution and creating valuable materials, more research is needed to control the quality of the resulting products.
New Method of Fabricating Carbon Materials via Uptake of Nanoplastics into Eichhornia crassipes for Enhancing Supercapacitance
Researchers used water hyacinth plants that had absorbed polystyrene nanoplastics as a raw material to produce high-performance carbon electrodes for energy storage. While the study is primarily about materials engineering, it demonstrates a novel approach to removing nanoplastics from water using plants and converting the contaminated biomass into a useful product, potentially addressing two environmental problems at once.
Carbon materials derived from single-use plastics (SUPs) and their applications in pollution mitigation: Challenges and perspectives
This review examines strategies for converting single-use plastic waste into value-added carbon-based materials through thermal, chemical, and catalytic transformation techniques including pyrolysis, carbonization, and chemical activation. The authors assess how these approaches address microplastic contamination risks while contributing to circular economy frameworks by repurposing non-degradable plastic residues.
Mollusk shells as marine bioactive materials: Composition, bioactivities, and prospects for food and health applications
Researchers reviewed the bioactive properties of marine mollusk shells, which are generated in large quantities as seafood processing waste. They found that shell-derived compounds exhibit antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, and bone-building properties, supporting potential uses as natural calcium sources and functional food ingredients. The study highlights an opportunity to turn an abundant waste material into valuable health and food science applications.
Waste to Value Process Chain for Recycling of Fishing Gear Collected from Coastal Waters
Researchers developed and evaluated a waste-to-value recycling process chain for fishing gear collected from coastal waters, addressing the challenges of heterogeneous and contaminated input materials and demonstrating pathways to convert post-use fishing nets and gear into useful recycled products while supporting coastal economies.