Towards Sustainability in the Wine Industry by Valorization of Waste Products: Bioactive Extracts

This  volume in our Sustainability: Contributions through Science and  Technology series reviews the use of alternative green technologies  (pressurized liquid and super-critical fluid extractions) for grape  biomass valorization. Environmental sustainability and circular economy  are discussed in relation to agro-industrial waste in the winemaking  industry. The waste contaminates water and soil and, in large  quantities, it has been related to bad odors, a high content of organic  matter in water, and greenhouse gas emissions over the entire winemaking  industry. Here, the authors illustrate how green extraction of  commercially valuable substances can be scaled up at an industrial  level.

Features :

• Reports  on waste valorization in the winemaking industry and converting the  waste into more useful products including oils, antioxidants and other  valuable materials
• Explores research which contributes to environmental sustainability and circular economy in the winemaking industry
• Describes  other ways to reduce the ecological footprint of the wine industry such  as using less fertilizer, more benign pesticides and reduction of water  footprint
• Proposes options for a potential wine waste biorefining. 
• Reviews  alternative uses of agro-industrial wine wastes as sources of additives  for the food, cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries.