PÉROCHEAU ARNAUD , Sacha

An estimated amount of 40 million t/a of Brewer's Spent Grain (BSG) is produced and is currently used for low-value valorisation or disposed of in landfills. In an era where nonrenewable resources stocks are depleting and products such as plastics accumulate in the environment, the need for more sustainable resources, products and production...

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An efficient one-step extraction method was developed for the recovery of additives and non-intentionally added substances (NIAS) from polystyrene, performed at room temperature for 2.33 h, without grinding to avoid fostering the formation of NIAS unrelated to polymer processing. Solvent use (39.2 mL/g) was greatly reduced compared with...