title: Recirculation: A New Concept to Drive Innovation in Sustainable Product Design for Bio-Based Products.
abstract: Bio-based products are made from renewable materials, offering a promising basis for the production of sustainable chemicals, materials, and more complex articles. However, biomass is not a limitless resource or one without environmental and social impacts. Therefore, while it is important to use biomass and grow a bio-based economy, displacing the unsustainable petroleum basis of energy and chemical production, any resource must be used effectively to reduce waste. Standards have been developed to support the bio-based product market in order to achieve this aim. However, the design of bio-based products has not received the same level of attention. Reported here are the first steps towards the development of a framework of understanding which connects product design to resource efficiency. Research and development scientists and engineers are encouraged to think beyond simple functionality and associate value to the potential of materials in their primary use and beyond.
authors.affiliation: Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence, Department of Chemistry, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK. james.sherwood@york.ac.uk.
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sherwood
authors.affiliation: Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence, Department of Chemistry, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK. james.clark@york.ac.uk.
authors.forename: James H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Clark
authors.affiliation: Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence, Department of Chemistry, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK. thomas.farmer@york.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Thomas J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Farmer
authors.affiliation: Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence, Department of Chemistry, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK. lorenzo.herrero-davila@york.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Lorenzo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Herrero-Davila
authors.affiliation: Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence, Department of Chemistry, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK. laurianne.moity@york.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Laurianne
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Moity
mesh_terms: D018533:Biomass; D004777:Environment; D055772:Green Chemistry Technology / Q000379:methods*; D066192:Manufacturing Industry / Q000379:methods*; D059027:Recycling / Q000379:methods*
keywords: bio-based economy; bio-based products; circular economy; end-of-life; sustainability; waste