Recent Applications of Waste Derived Innovative Materials in Healthcare and Environmental Sustainability

Waste-derived innovative materials are the one of the recent topics that have gained importance today in terms of contributing to sustainability. The development and use of such materials in many areas such as health, environment, food, etc. offers new alternatives to traditional methods available today. Research in this area not only addresses the current pressing problems of waste management, but also unlocks new possibilities for developing cost-effective and environmentally friendly solutions that can adapt to the needs of many different fields. The current studies on the use of waste-derived innovative materials in health fields such as drug delivery, tissue engineering, biosensing as well as in environmental fields such as the remediation of wastewater, soil pollution and air pollution are overviewed in this chapter. The advantages, limitations, possible solutions and the future of such materials are also discussed furtherly.