From the concept of circularity, a new industrial revolution is arising where waste as unwanted or unusable material is virtually unknown. In present times, indicators describe the main constraints posed on our world`s future development: population growth, carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, energy consumption, overuse of minerals and natural resources, and shortage of water, which leads to a future zero-waste s...
Portugal is the fifth largest wine producer in the EU-28 and eleventh in the world, with a wine production estimated at 5,886 khL in 2014. In this year, the Portuguese Minho region had a production over 530 khl of “Vinho Verde” wine. Grape pomace (GP) is an agro-industrial residue from this process, consists of stalks, skins and seeds, and accounts for about 20-25% weight of the grape crushed for the wine produ...