From Waste to Value

From Waste to Value investigates how streams of organic waste and residues can be transformed into valuable products, to foster a transition towards a sustainable and circular bioeconomy. The studies are carried out within a cross-disciplinary framework, drawing on a diverse set of theoretical approaches and defining different valorisation

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Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction
Antje Klitkou, Arne Martin Fevolden and Marco Capasso
Section I: Perspectives on the Bioeconomy
Chapter 2: What is the Bioeconomy?
Markus M. Bugge, Teis Hansen and Antje Klitkou
Chapter 3: Theoretical perspectives on Innovation for Waste Valorisation in the Bioeconomy
Markus M. Bugge, Simon Bolwig, Teis Hansen and Anne Nygaard Tanner
Section II: Sector Studies
Chapter 4: New path development for forest-based value creation in Norway
Antje Klitkou, Marco Capasso, Teis Hansen and Julia Szulecka
Chapter 5: Mission-oriented innovation in urban governance: Setting and solving problems in waste valorisation
Markus M. Bugge and Arne Martin Fevolden
Chapter 6: Beyond animal feed? The valorisation of brewers' spent grain
Simon Bolwig, Michael Spjelkavik Mark, Maaike Karlijn Happel and Andreas Brekke
Chapter 7: Meat processing and animal by-products: Industrial dynamics and institutional settings
Anne Nygaard Tanner and Nhat Strøm-Andersen
Chapter 8: New Pathways for Organic Waste in Land-based Farming of Salmon: The case of Norway and Denmark
Hilde Ness Sandvold, Jay Sterling Gregg and Dorothy Sutherland Olsen
Chapter 9: Valorisation of whey - A tale of two Nordic dairies
Simon Bolwig, Andreas Brekke, Louise Strange and Nhat Strøm-Andersen
Sector III: Cross-sectoral Perspectives
Chapter 10: What knowledge does the bioeconomy build upon?
Linn Meidell Dybdahl and Eric James Iversen
Chapter 11: Actors and innovators in the circular bioeconomy: An integrated empirical approach to studying organic waste stream innovators
Eric James Iversen, Marco Capasso and Kristoffer Rørstad
Section IV: Policy Implications
Chapter 12: Directionality and Diversity: Contending Policy Rationales in the Transition towards the Bioeconomy
Lisa Scordato, Markus M. Bugge and Arne Martin Fevolden
Chapter 13: Multi-Level Governance of Food Waste: Comparing Norway, Denmark and Sweden
Julia Szulecka, Nhat Strøm-Andersen, Lisa Scordato and Eili Skrivervik
Chapter 14: Life cycle assessment: A governance tool for transition towards a circular bioeconomy?
Andreas Brekke, Kari-Anne Lyng, Johanna Olofsson and Julia Szulecka
Chapter 15: Conclusions
Antje Klitkou, Arne Martin Fevolden and Marco Capasso
Notes on Contributors
Index