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The bioeconomy initially focused on resource substitution, including the production of biomass from various resources; its conversion, fractionation, and processing by means of biotechnology; and chemistry and process engineering towards the production and marketing of food, feed, fuel, and fibre. Nevertheless, although resource substitution is still considered important, the emphasis has been recently shifted to the biotechnological innovation perspective of the bioeconomy, in terms that ensure environmental sustainability. It is estimated that around one-third of the food produced for human consumption is wasted throughout the world, posing not only a sustainability problem related to food security but also a significant environmental problem. Food waste streams, mainly derived from fruits and vegetables, cereals, oilseeds, meat, dairy, and fish processing, have unavoidably attracted the interest of the scientific community as an abundant reservoir of complex carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, and functional compounds, which can be utilized as raw materials for added-value product formulations. This Special Issue focuses on innovative and emerging food and by-products processing methods for the sustainable transition to a bioeconomy era.

ash content --- sorghum milling waste --- lipids --- compost --- oleic acid --- microbial oil --- bioprocess development --- glucoamylase --- fatty acid methyl esters --- oleaginous yeast --- integrated biorefineries --- biorefineries --- hydrophobic substrates --- food processing --- hydrophilicity --- biodiesel --- films --- biodegradability --- clarified butter sediment waste --- submerged fungal fermentation --- blood plasma protein powder --- Morchella --- hydrogels --- heat-induced gelation --- sustainability --- bacterial cellulose --- bioprocesses --- circular economy --- olive waste --- prebiotics --- Rhodosporidium toruloides --- carotenoids --- waste valorization --- glucosamine --- food-processing --- size exclusion chromatography (SEC) --- bioeconomy --- food waste valorization --- whey proteins --- arabinoxylan --- Ostwald ripening --- emulsion --- emulsifier --- food biotechnology --- drying method --- polysaccharides --- food packaging --- texture --- lactose esters --- morel mushrooms --- circular-economy --- solid state fermentation --- bioactive compounds --- edible films --- hydrolysis --- Aspergillus awamori

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Dear Colleagues,All types of biomass, and their waste, comprised one the pillars of the preindustrial,pre-fossil fuel, agriculture-based economies of the past. Traditionalpractices of biomass waste management were applied, but not necessarily in asophisticated and efficient way, and included everything from agricultural activitiesto food production, animal feed, natural fiber separation, and processingof forest wood. The modern bioeconomy sector, however, includes new circulareconomy energy and materials streams of added-value products, such asgaseous, liquid and solid biofuels and bioenergy generation routes, and biocharproduction, along with all the previously mentioned traditional products emergingfrom the bioeconomy.This Special Issue includes some of the latest bioenergy and biochar advancementsand their incorporation into a bioeconomy in transition. It focuses onnature, properties, upgrading, and bioenergy generation processes from all typesof biomass waste and biochars originating from biomass waste. The multidisciplinarityof bioenergy and biochar research is evident throughout the SpecialIssue, highlighting the highly variable and tunable processes involved inbiomass handling, pre-processing, converting to biochar, and recovering energy.Dr. Dimitrios KalderisGuest EditorDr. Vasiliki Skoulouco-Guest Editor

Research & information: general --- Technology: general issues --- ethanol --- lignocellulosic biomass --- life cycle assessment --- GHG emissions --- political incentives --- economic performance --- amino acid wastes --- biofuels --- microbial lipids --- Rhodosporidium toruloides --- two-stage culture --- fixed bed --- pyrolysis yield --- temperature --- coconut shell --- characterization --- SEM --- Mitigation of CO2-equiv. --- nutrient release --- rice paddy water and soil system --- slow-release fertilizer --- coconut wastes --- bioenergy resource --- pollutant emissions --- calorific value --- biocharing --- microalgae --- anaerobic digestion --- biogas --- respirometric reactors --- APSIM sugarcane model --- energy potential --- marginal land --- sensitivity analysis --- hydrochar --- hydrothermal carbonization --- CiteSpace --- scientometric analysis --- artificial neural network --- fly ash --- biomass combustion --- fluidized bed boilers --- acute phytotoxicity test --- mineral fertilizer --- BCR sequential extraction --- metal speciation --- starch --- biochar --- coffee waste --- polycaprolactone --- bioplastics --- biodegradation --- fermentable sugar --- enzymatic hydrolysis --- ethanol --- lignocellulosic biomass --- life cycle assessment --- GHG emissions --- political incentives --- economic performance --- amino acid wastes --- biofuels --- microbial lipids --- Rhodosporidium toruloides --- two-stage culture --- fixed bed --- pyrolysis yield --- temperature --- coconut shell --- characterization --- SEM --- Mitigation of CO2-equiv. --- nutrient release --- rice paddy water and soil system --- slow-release fertilizer --- coconut wastes --- bioenergy resource --- pollutant emissions --- calorific value --- biocharing --- microalgae --- anaerobic digestion --- biogas --- respirometric reactors --- APSIM sugarcane model --- energy potential --- marginal land --- sensitivity analysis --- hydrochar --- hydrothermal carbonization --- CiteSpace --- scientometric analysis --- artificial neural network --- fly ash --- biomass combustion --- fluidized bed boilers --- acute phytotoxicity test --- mineral fertilizer --- BCR sequential extraction --- metal speciation --- starch --- biochar --- coffee waste --- polycaprolactone --- bioplastics --- biodegradation --- fermentable sugar --- enzymatic hydrolysis