Issue 11, 2025

To scale or not to scale? Re-engineering biorefining for a more sustainable and circular future

Abstract

Further to the use of renewable feedstocks, sustainable biorefining requires a holistic process-level approach encompassing techno-economic and life-cycle assessments to help bridge the gap between laboratory innovation and industrial scalability.

Graphical abstract: To scale or not to scale? Re-engineering biorefining for a more sustainable and circular future

Article information

Article type
Essay
First published
15 Oct 2025
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

RSC Sustainability, 2025,3, 4870-4873

To scale or not to scale? Re-engineering biorefining for a more sustainable and circular future

A. B. Ghanayem, RSC Sustainability, 2025, 3, 4870 DOI: 10.1039/D5SU90051D

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