Potential applications of by-products from the coffee industry in polymer technology – Current state and perspectives

Aleksander Hejna

doi:10.1016/j.wasman.2020.12.018

Potential applications of by-products from the coffee industry in polymer technology – Current state and perspectives

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Coffee is one of the most popular beverages in the world, and its popularity is continuously growing, which can be expressed by almost doubling production over the last three decades. Cultivation, processing, roasting, and brewing coffee are known for many years. These processes generate significant amounts of by-products since coffee bean stands for around 50% of the coffee cherry. Therefore, considering the current pro-ecological trends, it is essential to develop the utilization methods for the other 50% of the coffee cherry. Among the possibilities, much attention is drawn to polymer chemistry and technology. This industry branch may efficiently consume different types of lignocellulosic materials to use them as fillers for polymer composites or as intermediate sources of particular chemical compounds. Moreover, due to their chemical composition, coffee industry by-products may be used as additives modifying the oxidation resistance, antimicrobial, or antifungal properties of polymeric materials. These issues should be considered especially important in the case of biodegradable polymers, whose popularity is growing over the last years. This paper summarizes the literature reports related to the generation and composition of the coffee industry by-products, as well as the attempts of their incorporation into polymer technology. Moreover, potential directions of research based on the possibilities offered by the coffee industry by-products are presented.

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Category:: Articles
Type:: artykuły w czasopismach
Published in:: WASTE MANAGEMENT no. 121, pages 296 - 330,
ISSN: 0956-053X
Language:: English
Publication year:: 2021
Bibliographic description:: Hejna A.: Potential applications of by-products from the coffee industry in polymer technology – Current state and perspectives// WASTE MANAGEMENT -Vol. 121, (2021), s.296-330
DOI:: Digital Object Identifier (open in new tab) 10.1016/j.wasman.2020.12.018
Verified by:: Gdańsk University of Technology