Production of biosurfactants from agro-industrial waste and waste cooking oil in a circular bioeconomy: An overview

Vivek K Gaur; Poonam Sharma; Ranjna Sirohi; Sunita Varjani; Mohammad J Taherzadeh; Jo-Shu Chang; How Yong Ng; Jonathan W C Wong; Sang-Hyoun Kim

doi:10.1016/j.biortech.2021.126059

Production of biosurfactants from agro-industrial waste and waste cooking oil in a circular bioeconomy: An overview

Bioresour Technol. 2022 Jan:343:126059. doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2021.126059. Epub 2021 Oct 2.

Authors

Vivek K Gaur¹, Poonam Sharma², Ranjna Sirohi³, Sunita Varjani⁴, Mohammad J Taherzadeh⁵, Jo-Shu Chang⁶, How Yong Ng⁷, Jonathan W C Wong⁸, Sang-Hyoun Kim⁹

Affiliations

¹ Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow Campus, Lucknow, India.
² Department of Bioengineering, Integral University, Lucknow, India.
³ Department of Postharvest Process and Food Engineering, GB Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, India.
⁴ Gujarat Pollution Control Board, Gandhinagar, Gujarat 382 010, India. Electronic address: drsvs18@gmail.com.
⁵ Swedish Centre for Resource Recovery, University of Borås, 50190 Borås, Sweden.
⁶ Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, College of Engineering, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan; Research Center for Smart Sustainable Circular Economy, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan; Department of Chemical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
⁷ National University of Singapore, Environmental Research Institute, 5A Engineering Drive 1, Singapore 117411, Singapore.
⁸ Institute of Bioresource and Agriculture, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, PR China.
⁹ School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea.

PMID: 34606921
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2021.126059

Abstract

Waste generation is becoming a global concern owing to its adverse effects on environment and human health. The utilization of waste as a feedstock for production of value-added products has opened new avenues contributing to environmental sustainability. Microorganisms have been employed for production of biosurfactants as secondary metabolites by utilizing waste streams. Utilization of waste as a substrate significantly reduces the cost of overall process. Biosurfactant(s) derived from these processes can be utilized in environmental and different industrial sectors. This review focuses on global market of biosurfactants followed by discussion on production of biosurfactants from waste streams such as agro-industrial waste and waste cooking oil. The need for waste stream derived circular bioeconomy and scale up of biosurfactant production have been narrated with applications of biosurfactants in environment and industrial sectors. Road blocks and future directions for research have also been discussed.

Keywords: Agro-industrial waste; Biosurfactant; Rhamnolipid; Sustainability; Waste valorization.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Cooking
Humans
Industrial Waste*
Surface-Active Agents*

Substances

Industrial Waste
Surface-Active Agents