Driven by eco-conscious consumerism, there is currently increased interest in the use of natural products. Consumers (and the companies marketing their products to them) often use colloquially and indistinctly terms like :green", "eco-friendly" or "sustainable" to refer to these natural products, but whereas sustainability represents a higher standard that encompasses green products and eco-friendly practices, many green products are decidedly unsustainable. In this work we will present some examples of how white biotechnology can provide trully sustainable natural products of commercial interest and discuss some of the sustainability challenges being addressed in each case (land use, biodiversity preservation, energy consumption, etc).

Making natural sustainable: New routes to natural products of commercial interest

ACS Spring Meeting 2021

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