The increasing production of food waste worldwide and new international regulations call for
the development of new technologies to treat this biowaste. Anaerobic processes are able to …

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 …

Direct landspreading of anaerobic digestates is the most common digestate management
strategy. Nevertheless, digestate post-treatment can be unavoidable, especially for …

High-rate anaerobic digestion of organic solids requires rapid hydrolysis and enhanced
methanogenic growth rates, which can be achieved through elevated temperature (> 55° C) …

The conventional treatment of municipal wastewater by means of activated sludge is
typically energy demanding. Here, the potential benefits of:(1) the optimization of mesophilic …

Intensive livestock farming cannot be uncoupled from the massive production of manure,
requiring adequate management to avoid environmental damage. The high carbon, nitrogen …

Pure (single) cultures of microorganisms and mixed microbial communities (microbiomes)
have been important for centuries in providing renewable energy, clean water and food …

Recycling sludge as a soil amendment has both positive and negative effects because of its
enrichment in both nutrients and contaminants. So far, the negative effect has to be …

Highlights•Source separation of concentrated toilet wastewater enables efficient resource
recovery.•Technological advances allow recovery of specific products from domestic …

This work aims to evaluate the microbiological contamination of sewage sludge (SS)
collected in urban wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) from Portugal. Two types of SS were …