Food waste utilization for reducing carbon footprints towards sustainable and cleaner environment: a review

L Bhatia, H Jha, T Sarkar, PK Sarangi - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
There is world-wide generation of food waste daily in significant amounts, leading to
depletion of natural resources and deteriorating air quality. One-third of global food …

Agro-industrial food waste as a low-cost substrate for sustainable production of industrial enzymes: a critical review

V Sharma, ML Tsai, P Nargotra, CW Chen, CH Kuo… - Catalysts, 2022 - mdpi.com
The grave environmental, social, and economic concerns over the unprecedented
exploitation of non-renewable energy resources have drawn the attention of policy makers …

Fungi that promote plant growth in the rhizosphere boost crop growth

AA Adedayo, OO Babalola - Journal of Fungi, 2023 - mdpi.com
The fungi species dwelling in the rhizosphere of crop plants, revealing functions that
endeavor sustainability of the plants, are commonly referred to as 'plant-growth-promoting …

Dark fermentative hydrogen production: Potential of food waste as future energy needs

G Mohanakrishna, NP Sneha, SM Rafi… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Globally, food waste (FW) is found to be one of the major constituents creating several
hurdles in waste management. On the other hand, the energy crisis is increasing and the …

Strategies for upcycling food waste in the food production and supply chain

SP Bangar, V Chaudhary, P Kajla… - Trends in Food Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Food waste (FW) occurs at every stage of the food supply chain, with each
segment contributing its share to the problem. These stages include agricultural production …

Food waste anaerobic digestion plants: Underestimated air pollutants and control strategy

Y Wang, J Fang, F Lü, H Zhang, P He - Science of The Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Food waste management is an important global issue, and anaerobic digestion (AD) is a
sustainable technology for treating food waste and developing a circular economy. Odor and …

Bioconversion of underutilized brewing by-products into bacterial cellulose by a newly isolated Komagataeibacter rhaeticus strain: a preliminary evaluation of the …

E Tsouko, S Pilafidis, M Dimopoulou… - Bioresource …, 2023 - Elsevier
A novel Komagataeibacter rhaeticus UNIWA AAK2 strain was used to produce bacterial
cellulose (BC), valorizing brewers' spent grain (BSG) and brewer's spent yeast (BSY). Under …

Customized valorization of waste streams by Pseudomonas putida: State-of-the-art, challenges, and future trends

J Son, SH Lim, YJ Kim, HJ Lim, JY Lee, S Jeong… - Bioresource …, 2023 - Elsevier
Preventing catastrophic climate events warrants prompt action to delay global warming,
which threatens health and food security. In this context, waste management using …

Microbial engineering strategies for synthetic microplastics clean up: A review on recent approaches

V Kumar, N Sharma, L Duhan, R Pasrija… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Microplastics are the small fragments of the plastic molecules which find their applications in
various routine products such as beauty products. Later, it was realized that it has several …

Valorization of tropical fruits waste for production of commercial biorefinery products–A review

Z Ding, Y Ge, T Sar, V Kumar, S Harirchi, P Binod… - Bioresource …, 2023 - Elsevier
Tropical fruit wastes (TFW) are considered as the major source of food and nutrition in the
topical countries. In the recent years, modernization of agriculture has increased the tropical …