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Bacterial cellulose production: valorization of wastewater and life cycle asses...

Low-cost substrates, most from agro-industrial wastes, have increasingly been exploited as nutrient sources for the fermentation of bacterial cellulose (BC), an appealing approach from an economical and environmental point of view. However, these wastes carry a very high organic load, which, while advantageous for the fermentation, generate high organic load wastewaters as well, which require proper treatment b...

Economic & environmental assessment of bacterial cellulose production

Life cycle assessment of bacterial cellulose production

Purpose: Bacterial cellulose (BC), obtained by fermentation, is an innovative and promising material with a broad spectrum of potential applications. Despite the increasing efforts towards its industrialization, a deeper understanding of the environmental impact related to the BC production process is still required. This work aimed at quantifying the environmental, health, and resource depletion impacts relate...

Life cycle assessment (cradle-to-gate) of bacterial cellulose production

In a world, increasingly conscious of environmental issues, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is an important tool for estimating the environmental impact of processes and products. This work aims to determine the possible environmental impacts of the production of bacterial cellulose intended to be used as a food additive. For this, the LCA (cradle-to-gate) was simulated with GaBi Software, using ReCiPe 2016 method....