<p style="text-align:justify">A conducted by the Center for Integrated Technology and Organic Synthesis (University of Liège, BE) demonstrates how glycerol carbonate, a biosourced industrial additive, can be produced in record time using CO<sub>2</sub> and a by-product of the cooking oil recycling industry. The process relies on a hybrid approach combining fundamental physical organic chemistry and applied flow process technology. Two industrial wastes are thus converted into glycerol carbonate, a biosourced rising star with high added-value.</p>