Environmental impacts of food waste management technologies: A critical review of life cycle assessment (LCA) studies

F Batool, TA Kurniawan, A Mohyuddin… - Trends in Food Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
Food waste is a serious global problem. Therefore, it is essential to reduce food waste and
adopt recycling strategies to minimize its environmental impacts. However, conventional …

Production processes, techno-economic and policy challenges of bioenergy production from fruit and vegetable wastes

H Adamu, U Bello, AU Yuguda, UI Tafida… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
The striking interest in the quest for adopting clean and renewable bioenergy is a proactive
step towards limiting the hike of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, global warming, climate …

[HTML][HTML] Anaerobic digestate management for carbon neutrality and fertilizer use: A review of current practices and future opportunities

K Chojnacka, K Moustakas - Biomass and Bioenergy, 2024 - Elsevier
Biogas production, a low-carbon energy source, has led to heightened focus on sustainable
management of its by-product, anaerobic digestate. The unprocessed digestate poses …

[HTML][HTML] The potential of selected agri-food loss and waste to contribute to a circular economy: Applications in the food, cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries

LLDR Osorio, E Flórez-López, CD Grande-Tovar - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
The food sector includes several large industries such as canned food, pasta, flour, frozen
products, and beverages. Those industries transform agricultural raw materials into added …

Perspectives on food waste management: Prevention and social innovations

M Al-Obadi, H Ayad, S Pokharel, MA Ayari - Sustainable Production and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Food waste is one of the challenging issues humans are facing. A third of the food produced
in the world is wasted at various points along the food supply chain. Food waste can be …

[HTML][HTML] A critical review on food waste management for the production of materials and biofuel

A Lahiri, S Daniel, R Kanthapazham, R Vanaraj… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
Increasing demand for fuels and chemicals, exacerbated by factors such as overpopulation,
the threat of global warming, and the scarcity of fossil resources, puts a strain on our …

[HTML][HTML] A review of interconnected challenges in the water–energy–food nexus: Urban pollution perspective towards sustainable development

K Javan, A Altaee, S BaniHashemi, M Darestani… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
The swift growth of cities worldwide poses significant challenges in ensuring a sufficient
water, energy, and food supply. The Nexus has innovated valuable systems to address …

[HTML][HTML] Food waste composting and microbial community structure profiling

K Palaniveloo, MA Amran, NA Norhashim… - Processes, 2020 - mdpi.com
Over the last decade, food waste has been one of the major issues globally as it brings a
negative impact on the environment and health. Rotting discharges methane, causing …

Life cycle assessment of food waste to energy and resources: Centralized and decentralized anaerobic digestion with different downstream biogas utilization

H Tian, X Wang, EY Lim, JTE Lee, AWL Ee… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Anaerobic digestion (AD) has been identified as an efficient food waste disposal technology
by many researchers. However, a holistic environmental investigation of different AD …

Algae biopolymer towards sustainable circular economy

VV Devadas, KS Khoo, WY Chia, KW Chew… - Bioresource …, 2021 - Elsevier
The accumulation of conventional petroleum-based polymers has increased exponentially
over the years. Therefore, algae-based biopolymer has gained interest among researchers …