Up to one third of the food that is purposely grown for human sustenance is wasted and
never consumed, with adverse consequences for the environment and socio-economic …

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 …

Composting technology has become invaluable in stabilization of municipal waste due to its
environmental compatibility. In this review, different types of composting methods reportedly …

Sustainable food production is one of the major challenges of the twenty-first century in the
era of global environmental problems such as climate change, increasing population and …

Rapid increase of solid wastes is a global challenge and organic waste takes the majority
part. Composting is an efficient and effective way of converting solid organic wastes to …

Composting and vermicomposting are sustainable strategies to transform organic wastes
into organic amendments, valuable as potting media or soil conditioner. However, the …

Organic wastes are composted to stabilize organic matter, reduce the moisture content,
increase the concentrations of plant nutrients, eliminate pathogens and weed seeds …

Increasing food waste is creating a global waste (and management) crisis. Globally,∼ 1.6
billion tons of food is wasted annually, worth∼ $1.2 trillion. By reducing this waste or by …

There are several issues such as low maturity degree of compost product and severe
pollution gas emissions during the composting process. Carbon/Nitrogen (C/N) ratio and …

Dissolved organic matter (DOM) can clearly reflect composting components changes, thus it
is supposed to indicate the humification process during composting. To demonstrate this …