A review on nitrogen dynamics and mitigation strategies of food waste digestate composting

MK Manu, D Li, L Liwen, Z Jun, S Varjani… - Bioresource …, 2021 - Elsevier
Food waste digestate is a by-product of the anaerobic digestion of food waste. Presence of
high ammonium nitrogen content significantly increase the nitrogen loss upon direct …

Humic substances developed during organic waste composting: Formation mechanisms, structural properties, and agronomic functions

X Guo, H Liu, S Wu - Science of the total environment, 2019 - Elsevier
Aerobic composting is a typical biochemical process of stabilization and harmlessness of
organic wastes during which organic matter degrades, and then aggregates, to produce …

The degradation of single-use plastics and commercially viable bioplastics in the environment: A review

SN Idris, TSM Amelia, K Bhubalan, AMM Lazim… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Plastics have become an integral part of human life. Single-use plastics (SUPs) are
disposable plastics designed to be used once then promptly discarded or recycled. This …

Composting of food wastes: Status and challenges

A Cerda, A Artola, X Font, R Barrena, T Gea… - Bioresource …, 2018 - Elsevier
This review analyses the main challenges of the process of food waste composting and
examines the crucial aspects related to the quality of the produced compost. Although recent …

Microbial community in the composting process and its positive impact on the soil biota in sustainable agriculture

A Aguilar-Paredes, G Valdés, N Araneda… - Agronomy, 2023 - mdpi.com
Conventional agriculture has important challenges to guarantee soil fertility and sustainable
food production. Many agricultural soils in the world are degraded and multiple strategies …

Changes in global trends in food waste composting: Research challenges and opportunities

SK Awasthi, S Sarsaiya, MK Awasthi, T Liu, J Zhao… - Bioresource …, 2020 - Elsevier
Increasing food waste (FW) generation has put significant pressure on the environment and
has increased the global financial costs of its appropriate management. Among the …

Food waste digestate composting: Feedstock optimization with sawdust and mature compost

B Song, MK Manu, D Li, C Wang, S Varjani… - Bioresource …, 2021 - Elsevier
Direct land application of food waste digestate (FWD) leads to 60–70% of nitrogen loss
through NH 3 volatilization due to its innate characteristics like high ammonium nitrogen (NH …

Microbes as vital additives for solid waste composting

M Rastogi, M Nandal, B Khosla - Heliyon, 2020 - cell.com
Composting is a natural process that stems through microbial succession, marking the
degradation and stabilization of organic matter present in waste. The use of microbial …

Composting with additives to improve organic amendments. A review

J Barthod, C Rumpel, MF Dignac - Agronomy for Sustainable …, 2018 - Springer
Composting and vermicomposting are sustainable strategies to transform organic wastes
into organic amendments, valuable as potting media or soil conditioner. However, the …

Fruit peel extract mediated green synthesis of zinc oxide nanoparticles

OJ Nava, CA Soto-Robles, CM Gómez-Gutiérrez… - Journal of Molecular …, 2017 - Elsevier
This work presents a study of the effects on the photocatalytic capabilities of zinc oxide
nanoparticles when prepared via green synthesis using different fruit peel extracts as …