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Evmorfia Athanasopoulou 7 th International Conference of Food Science and Technology Introduction Sericulture waste ✓ Biodegradable and non-biodegradable ✓ Biodegradable - Excreta, rearing bed refuse, dead larvae, cut and pierced cocoons, and pupa residues ✓ Non biodegradable - Synthetic netting, plastic packaging materials, and chemicals used during cocoon processing and silk reeling Global sericulture (2023) 40 metric tons (International Sericulture Commission) Appropriate management to turn environmental liabilities into valuable agricultural inputs & contributing to resource efficiency and reducing ecological pressure on farming systems.