Turning food protein waste into sustainable technologies

M Peydayesh, M Bagnani, WL Soon… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
For each kilogram of food protein wasted, between 15 and 750 kg of CO2 end up in the
atmosphere. With this alarming carbon footprint, food protein waste not only contributes to …

Renewable hydrogen production by dark-fermentation: Current status, challenges and perspectives

S Dahiya, S Chatterjee, O Sarkar, SV Mohan - Bioresource technology, 2021 - Elsevier
Global urbanization has resulted in amplified energy and material consumption with
simultaneous waste generation. Current energy demand is mostly fulfilled by finite fossil …

Value-added chemicals from food supply chain wastes: State-of-the-art review and future prospects

X **ong, KM Iris, DCW Tsang, NS Bolan, YS Ok… - Chemical Engineering …, 2019 - Elsevier
Food wastes are generated massively across global food supply chains. Conventional
treatments of food waste (eg, landfilling and incineration) cause environmental, economic …

[HTML][HTML] An overview of sustainable approaches for bioenergy production from agro-industrial wastes

LG Nair, K Agrawal, P Verma - Energy Nexus, 2022 - Elsevier
Biofuels are perfect replacements for conventional fossil fuels, as they are environmentally
friendly, non-polluting, locally available, sustainable, renewable, and accessible. The …

Development of sustainable approaches for converting the organic waste to bioenergy

BS Dhanya, A Mishra, AK Chandel… - Science of the total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Dependence on fossil fuels such as oil, coal and natural gas are on alarming increase,
thereby causing such resources to be in a depletion mode and a novel sustainable …

Enhancing volatile fatty acids (VFA) production from food waste in a two-phases pilot-scale anaerobic digestion process

F Valentino, G Munarin, M Biasiolo, C Cavinato… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
The bio-based production of added-value products and energy from waste streams while
minimizing environmental impacts is a crucial aspect within the circular economy's …

The role of (bio) degradability on the management of petrochemical and bio-based plastic waste

S De Gisi, G Gadaleta, G Gorrasi, FP La Mantia… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
In order to mitigate the social and ecological impacts of post-consumer plastic made of
conventional petrochemical polymers, the market of (bio) degradable plastics have recently …

New insights in food waste, sewage sludge and green waste anaerobic fermentation for short-chain volatile fatty acids production: a review

F Battista, G Strazzera, F Valentino, M Gottardo… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
3 M tons of wastes are annually produced at urban level in the EU-27. Sewage sludge,
Organic Fraction of Municipal Solid Wastes (OFMSW) and food industrial wastewaters, are …

[HTML][HTML] Life cycle environmental sustainability of valorisation routes for spent coffee grounds: From waste to resources

XCS Rivera, A Gallego-Schmid… - Resources, conservation …, 2020 - Elsevier
Spent coffee grounds (SCGs) have a potential to be used as a feedstock for higher value-
added products, such as biodiesel. However, the environmental implications of the …

Pilot-scale polyhydroxyalkanoate production from combined treatment of organic fraction of municipal solid waste and sewage sludge

F Valentino, G Moretto, L Lorini… - Industrial & …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Although the organic fraction of municipal solid waste (OFMSW) and sewage sludge (SS)
originate from the same urban area and contain similar organic matter, they are collected …