Sustainable management of food waste; pre-treatment strategies, techno-economic assessment, bibliometric analysis, and potential utilizations: A systematic review

AM Elgarahy, MG Eloffy, A Alengebawy… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Food waste (FW) contains many nutritional components such as proteins, lipids, fats,
polysaccharides, carbohydrates, and metal ions, which can be reused in some processes to …

Food waste and circular economy: Challenges and opportunities

P Tamasiga, T Miri, H Onyeaka, A Hart - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
The world's population is expected to grow at an increasing rate, leading to increased food
consumption and waste production. Even though food waste represents one of the most …

Circular economy for fashion industry: Use of waste from the food industry for the production of biotextiles

AP Provin, AR de Aguiar Dutra - Technological Forecasting and Social …, 2021 - Elsevier
In the context of current environmental, social and economic issues, it is imperative to
perform more in-depth studies on waste management and the life cycle of a product. Thus …

Enhanced volatile fatty acid production from food waste fermentation via enzymatic pretreatment: new insights into the depolymerization and microbial traits

Y Wu, W Hu, Z Zhu, X Zheng, Y Chen… - Acs Es&T …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Food waste (FW) has been considered a potential carbon reservoir and can be used for high-
value volatile fatty acid (VFA) production via anaerobic fermentation. Nevertheless, more …

Microbiome-functionality in anaerobic digesters: A critical review

X Zhang, Y Wang, P Jiao, M Zhang, Y Deng, C Jiang… - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Microbially driven anaerobic digestion (AD) processes are of immense interest due to their
role in the biovalorization of biowastes into renewable energy resources. The function …

A comprehensive review on food waste anaerobic co-digestion: current situation and research prospect

H Zhang, Z Fu, D Guan, J Zhao, Y Wang… - Process Safety and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Anaerobic co-digestion (AcoD), which offers advantages such as C/N balance and
high product value, has been recognized as a promising technology for treating food waste …

[HTML][HTML] Long-term alkaline volatile fatty acids production from waste streams: Impact of pH and dominance of Dysgonomonadaceae

I Owusu-Agyeman, E Plaza, Z Cetecioglu - Bioresource Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Alkaline co-fermentation of primary sludge and external organic waste (OW) was studied to
elucidate the influence of substrate ratios and long-term system robustness and microbial …

Effect of surfactant assisted ultrasonic pretreatment on production of volatile fatty acids from mixed food waste

YK Ravi, W Zhang, Y Liang - Bioresource Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, the potential effect of surfactant assisted ultrasonic pretreatment on mixed food
waste was investigated. Surfactants, such as Rhamnolipid, Sodium dodecyl sulfate; …

Medium chain fatty acids production from anaerobic fermentation of food wastes: The role of fermentation pH in metabolic pathways

L Wu, W Wei, Z Chen, X Shi, D Wang, X Chen… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Using food waste (FW) as a sustainable feedstock for the production of valuable medium-
chain fatty acids (MCFAs) would alleviate greenhouse gas emissions while allowing the …

Recovery of an acidified food waste anaerobic digestion reactor via NH4+-N and trace metals addition: Performance, microbial community response, and mechanisms

Y Liu, Z Wu, Y Lv, L Jiang, Y Wei, YY Li, J Liu - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
An increased organic loading rate can lead to an imbalance in the production and
consumption of volatile fatty acids (VFAs) during anaerobic digestion of food waste …