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ReviewBiotechnology notes (Amsterdam, Netherlands)2025

Circular economy through integrated industrial ecology: Innovations in resource recovery and process re-design.

R Geetha

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Review in Biotechnology notes (Amsterdam, Netherlands), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

R GeethaDepartment of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Saveetha School of Engineering, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai, 602105, India.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Industrial ecology provides systems-thinking for re-designing industrial processes with greater resource efficiency, waste reduction, and circularity. This review discusses future directions in process re-design and holistic metrics for resource recovery across key industries such as agriculture, aquaculture, desalination, mining, textiles, pulp and paper, and food processing. Emphasis is placed on the integration of life cycle assessment (LCA), molecular economy concepts, and cascading material cycles for closed-loop system design. Technologies such as anaerobic co-digestion, microbial electrochemical systems, catalytic conversion, and membrane-based separation demonstrate potential for 20-50 % increases in biogas yields60-90 % recovery of nutrients, and up to 40 % reductions in separation energy demand compared to conventional practices. Industry-specific innovations like animal waste valorization, desalination brine treatment, and recovery of organic and inorganic compounds from industrial effluent show recovery efficiencies of 70-95 % for salts and metals under optimized conditions. System-level approaches including salinity gradient power and waste heat utilization could contribute 5-15 % additional renewable energy supply within integrated industrial parks. Nonetheless, significant gaps remain in integrating metal and nutrient cycles, scaling solutions for small- and medium-scale industries, and enabling supportive policy frameworks. The paper emphasizes the need for transdisciplinary research and systems thinking to address these challenges. By integrating technological, environmental, and economic knowledge, this review provides a roadmap for advancing circular economy strategies in industrial systems and promotes adaptive, resilient process designs that turn waste into value, mitigate environmental pressures, and support sustainable industrial development.

Indexed as

Circular economyIndustrial ecologyLife cycle assessmentProcess integrationResource recoveryWaste-to-value

Identifiers

PMID41282496
PMCPMC12639295

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