Affiliation:
1. Manchester Institute of Innovation Research Alliance Manchester Business School University of Manchester Manchester UK
2. Manchester Synthetic Biology Research Centre for Fine and Speciality Chemicals and the Future Biomanufacturing Research Hub Manchester Institute of Biotechnology University of Manchester Manchester UK
3. School of Public Policy Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta Georgia USA
Abstract
AbstractThe authors explore opportunities, challenges, and strategies to translate and responsibly scale innovative biobased technologies to build more sustainable bioeconomies. The pandemic and other recent disruptions increased exposure to issues of resilience and regional imbalance, highlighting a need for production and consumption regimes centred more on local biobased resources and dispersed production. The authors review potential biobased technology strategies and identify promising and feasible options for the United Kingdom. Initial landscape and bibliometric analysis identified 50 potential existing and emerging biobased technologies, which were assessed for their ability to fulfil requirements related to biobased production, national applicability, and economic‐, societal‐, and environmental‐benefits, leading to identification of 18 promising biobased production technologies. Further analysis and focus‐group discussion with industrial, governmental, academic, agricultural, and social stakeholders, identified three technology clusters for targeted assessment, drawing on cellulose‐, lignin‐, and seaweed feedstocks. Case studies were developed for each cluster, addressing conversations around sustainable management, use of biomass feedstocks, and associated environmental‐, social‐, and economic challenges. Cases are presented with discussion of insights and implications for policy. The approach presented is put forward as a scalable assessment method that can be useful in prompting, informing, and advancing discussion and deliberation on opportunities and challenges for biobased transformations.
Funder
Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Publisher
Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
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